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		Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. saraepontana  (RUPPERT) H.BAUMGARTNER BIS & KREUTZ

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	RUPPERT:		Joseph Ruppert (1864 - 1935), German botanist from Saarland
	H.BAUMGARTNER BIS:		Harald Baumgartner (1954 - ), German orchid specialist from Kehl (Germany)
	KREUTZ:		Carolus (Carel) Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (1954 - ), Dutch 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
	saraepontana:		from Saarbrücken (Germany)

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. saraepontana / Saarbruecken Bee Orchid D Kehl 18.6.2005

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. saraepontana / Saarbruecken Bee Orchid D Kehl 18.6.2005

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. saraepontana / Saarbruecken Bee Orchid D Kehl 18.6.2005

   

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