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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:  Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
   DEVILLERS:  Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium
   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
   argentaria:   from Monte Argentario
   deformation:   deformation, abnormality
 

Ophrys argentaria deformation / Monte Argentario Orchid (peloria, radial symmetrical blossom), I  Monte Argentario 12.4.2000
Fig. 1:  Ophrys argentaria deformation / Monte Argentario Orchid (peloria, radial symmetrical blossom)
I Monte Argentario 12.4.2000
   
 


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