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		Ophrys garganica (E.NELSON) O.DANESCH & E.DANESCH subsp. garganica

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Authors:
	E.NELSON:	Erich Nelson (1897 - 1980), Austrian botanist
	O.DANESCH:	Othmar Danesch (1919 - 2014), Austrian architect and botanist
	E.DANESCH:	Edeltraud Danesch (1922 - 1996), Austrian writer, wife of Othmar Danesch
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Ophrys:	Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
	garganica:	from Promontorio del Monte Gargano

Deutsch:

Garganica wurde 1962 von NELSON als Unterart von Ophrys sphegodes beschrieben, die Beschreibung war nach den strengen ICBN-Regeln allerdings ungültig. Das Ehepaar DANESCH nahm dann 1975 eine gültige Beschreibung nach Material vom Promontorio del Gargano in Südost-Italien vor. Der Name ist nicht ganz zutreffend, denn man kann sie auch in großen Teilen Mittel- und Süditaliens, sowie in Sizilien und Sardinien finden. Sie wird wie die ähnliche westmediterrane Ophrys garganica subsp. passionis von Andrena pilipes (früher: A. carbonaria) bestäubt.

English:

Garganica has been described in 1962 by NELSON as a subspecies of Ophrys sphegodes, but according to the strict ICBN rules. The married couple DANESCH repeated the description in 1975 validly on material from Promontorio del Gargano in southeastern Italy. Its name is partly misleading, because one can find it in large parts of central and southern Italy, too, as well as in Sicily and Sardinia. As the similar western mediterranean Ophrys garganica subsp. passionis it is pollinated by Andrena pilipes (formerly: A. carbonaria).


Fig. 1: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid I Toscana, Alberese 28.3.1998


Fig. 2: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid I Toscana, Alberese 28.3.1998


Fig. 3: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Coppa di Mezzo 26.4.2003


Fig. 4: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Coppa di Mezzo 26.4.2003


Fig. 5: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid I Lecce 8.4.1998


Fig. 6: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid Sicily, Godrano 30.3.1998


Fig. 7: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998


Fig. 8: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998


Fig. 9: Ophrys garganica subsp. garganica / Gargano Bee Orchid Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998

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