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		Ophrys candica  GREUTER, MATTHÄS & RISSE  subsp. cytherea  B.BAUMANN & H.BAUMANN

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	GREUTER:		Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	MATTHÄS:		Ursula Matthäs (1949 - ), German botanist
	RISSE:		Horst Risse (1948 - 1989), German botanist
	B.BAUMANN:		Brigitte Dorothee Baumann (1938 - ), pharmacist, wife of Helmut Baumann
	H.BAUMANN:		Helmut Adolf Baumann (1937 - 2014), pharmacist and orchid specialist from Boeblingen (Germany)
	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
	candica:		from Crete
	cytherea:		from the island of Cythera (Southern Greece)

Fig. 1:  Ophrys candica subsp. cytherea / Cythera Bee Orchid GR Kythira, Kato Chora 24.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 2:  Ophrys candica subsp. cytherea / Cythera Bee Orchid GR Kythira, Kato Chora 24.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 3:  Ophrys candica subsp. cytherea / Cythera Bee Orchid GR Kythira, Paliopolis - Karvounades 31.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 4:  Ophrys candica subsp. cytherea / Cythera Bee Orchid GR Kythira, Paliopolis - Karvounades 31.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 5:  Ophrys candica subsp. cytherea / Cythera Bee Orchid GR Kythira, Avlemonas 18.4.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys candica subsp. cytherea / Cythera Bee Orchid GR Kythira, Avlemonas 28.3.2014 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

   

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Orchids

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