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		Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. brevilabellata  KREUTZ, R.SELIG & ZELESNY

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	KREUTZ:		Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch orchid specialist
	R.SELIG:		Robert Selig, orchid specialist from the Alsace (France)
	ZELESNY:		Helmuth Zelesny, German orchid specialist
	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
	apifera:		bearing bees
	brevilabellata:		short-lipped

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. brevilabellata / Short-Lipped Bee Orchid F Saint Affrique 28.5.2005

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. brevilabellata / Short-Lipped Bee Orchid F Saint Affrique 28.5.2005

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. brevilabellata / Short-Lipped Bee Orchid F Saint Affrique 28.5.2005

Fig. 4:  Ophrys apifera var. brevilabellata / Short-Lipped Bee Orchid F Saint Affrique 28.5.2005

Fig. 5:  Ophrys apifera var. brevilabellata / Short-Lipped Bee Orchid F Saint Affrique 28.5.2005

Fig. 6:  Ophrys apifera var. brevilabellata / Short-Lipped Bee Orchid F Saint Affrique 28.5.2005

   

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