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		Chamorchis alpina  (L.) RICH.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Chamorchis  RICH.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist

Etymology:
	Chamorchis:		chamai = at the ground, genus Orchis
	alpina:		from the Alps

Fig. 1:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 2:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 3:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 4:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 5:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 6.8.1988

Fig. 6:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 7:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 8:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Großglockner 11.8.2025

Fig. 9:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Großglockner 11.8.2025

Fig. 10:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid A Großglockner 11.8.2025

Fig. 11:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid I Sella-Joch 6.8.2004

Fig. 12:  Chamorchis alpina / Alpine Orchid F Col de l'Iseran 31.7.1999

   

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