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		Ophrys scolopax  CAV.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	CAV.:		Antonio José Cavanilles (1745 - 1804), Spanish naturalist
	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
	scolopax:		woodcock

Fig. 1:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Charente Mansle 1.6.2000

Fig. 2:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Charente Mansle 1.6.2000

Fig. 3:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Charente Vars 28.4.2001

Fig. 4:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Charente, Les Bouchouds 28.4.2001

Fig. 5:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Maures, Les Mayons 9.5.2000

Fig. 6:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid (picta) F Ardeche 22.5.1998

Fig. 7:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Dept. Aveyron, Tiergues 28.5.2005

Fig. 8:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Causse du Larzac 5.6.2004

Fig. 9:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Causse du Larzac 5.6.2004

Fig. 10:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Causse du Larzac 29.5.2005

Fig. 11:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Causse du Larzac 8.5.1984

Fig. 12:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Montagne de la Clape 10.5.1984

Fig. 13:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Saint Affrique 29.5.1990

Fig. 14:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Dept. Gers, Masseube 22.5.1990

Fig. 15:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Dept. Gers, Auch 22.5.1990

Fig. 16:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Dept. Var, Flayosc 15.5.1999

Fig. 17:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid F Dept. Var, Flayosc 15.5.1999

Fig. 18:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid (with Eucera spec.) F S.Felix-Lauragais 29.5.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 19:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid (big flowered) F Ardeche 23.5.1998

Fig. 20:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid P Figueira-de-Foz 22.4.1988

Fig. 21:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 22:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 23:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid E Mijas 30.3.2018 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

Fig. 24:  Ophrys scolopax / Woodcock Orchid (picta) D Kehl 22.5.2020

   

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