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		Gymnadenia conopsea  (L.) R.BR.  subsp. borealis  (DRUCE) F.ROSE

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Gymnadenia  R.BR.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	R.BR.:		Robert Brown (1773 - 1858), British botanist
	DRUCE:		George Claridge Druce (1850 - 1932), English chemist and botanist
	F.ROSE:		Francis Rose (1921 - 2006), English botanist

Etymology:
	Gymnadenia:		gymnos = naked, aden = gland
	conopsea:		looking like a fly
	borealis:		boreal

Fig. 1:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. borealis / Heath Fragrant Orchid GB Cumbria Carlisle 19.6.1999

Fig. 2:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. borealis / Heath Fragrant Orchid GB Cumbria Carlisle 19.6.1999

Fig. 3:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. borealis / Heath Fragrant Orchid GB Cumbria Carlisle 19.6.1999

Fig. 4:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. borealis / Heath Fragrant Orchid GB Cumbria Carlisle 19.6.1999

Fig. 5:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. borealis / Heath Fragrant Orchid N Borselv 4.7.2006 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 6:  Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. borealis / Heath Fragrant Orchid N Borselv 4.7.2006 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

   

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