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		Ophrys atlantica  MUNBY

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	MUNBY:		Giles Munby (1813 - 1876), European botanist who worked in Northern Africa
	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
	atlantica:		from Atlas mountains (North Africa)

Fig. 1:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Mijas 30.3.2018 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

Fig. 2:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Alhaurin El Grande 3.4.2018 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

Fig. 3:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002

Fig. 4:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002

Fig. 5:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Alhaurin El Grande 25.3.2002

Fig. 6:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Alhaurin El Grande 29.3.2001

Fig. 7:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Carratraca 20.4.1999

Fig. 8:  Ophrys atlantica / Atlas Ophrys E Carratraca 20.4.1999

   

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