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		Ophrys apifera HUDS. var. fulvofusca M.P.GRASSO & SCRUGLI

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:	William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	M.P.GRASSO:	Maria Pia Grasso (1960 - ), Italian botanist
	SCRUGLI:	Antonio Scrugli (1956 - ), Italian botanist from Sardinia
	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
	fulvofusca:	russet

There are two quite similar variants of the Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera, whose lip lacks the painted pattern (speculum). While the lip of Ophrys apifera var. fulvofusca is completely brown, and only the basal area is perhaps slightly lighter brown, in the Ophrys apifera var. atrofusca parts of the border of the border of the basal field are still preserved as a lighter pattern.


Fig. 1: Ophrys apifera var. fulvofusca / Red-Brown Bee Orchid Sardinia, Laconi 23.5.2001


Fig. 2: Ophrys apifera var. fulvofusca / Red-Brown Bee Orchid Sardinia, Laconi 23.5.2001


Fig. 3: Ophrys apifera var. fulvofusca / Red-Brown Bee Orchid F Mauguio 13.5.2007


Fig. 4: Ophrys apifera var. fulvofusca / Red-Brown Bee Orchid F Mauguio 13.5.2007


Fig. 5: Ophrys apifera var. fulvofusca / Red-Brown Bee Orchid F Mauguio 13.5.2007

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