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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys praecox  (CORRIAS) DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   TOD.:  Agostino Todaro, Baron della Galia (1818 - 1892), Sicilian politician and botanist
   SOÓ:  Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere (1903 - 1980), Austrian botanist
   CORRIAS:  Bruno Corrias (1939 - 2012), Italian botanist in Sardinia
   P.DELFORGE:  Pierre Delforge (1945 - ), Belgian orchid specialist
   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
   panormitana:   from Palermo (Sicily)
   praecox:   early flowering
 

Deutsch:
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox wächst im Norden der Insel Sardinien und im Süden der benachbarten Insel Korsika. In neuerer Zeit wird sie meist als Unterart der sizilianischen Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana aufgefaßt, denn Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox wird von der gleichen Biene Andrena thoracica bestäubt.
 
English:
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox is growing in the north of Sardinia and in the south of the neighbouring island Corse. Recently it is usually understood as subspecies of the Sicilian Ophrys panormitana subsp. panormitana, because Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox is pollinated by the same bee Andrena thoracica.
 

Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys, Sardinia,  Sassari 3.4.2000
Fig. 1:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys
Sardinia, Sassari 3.4.2000
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys, Sardinia,  Sassari 3.4.2000
Fig. 2:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys
Sardinia, Sassari 3.4.2000
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys, Sardinia,  Sassari 23.3.1997 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys
Sardinia, Sassari 23.3.1997 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys, Sardinia,  Sassari 23.3.1997 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys
Sardinia, Sassari 23.3.1997 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys, Sardinia,  Sassari 23.3.1997 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys
Sardinia, Sassari 23.3.1997 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys, Corsica,  Bonifacio 7.4.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox / Early Ophrys
Corsica, Bonifacio 7.4.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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