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		Ophrys tenthredinifera  WILLD.  subsp. sanctae-marcellae  SALIARIS, A.SALIARIS & A.ALIBERTIS

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	WILLD.:		Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German botanist
	SALIARIS:		Pantelis A. Saliaris, botanist from Greek island of Chios
	A.SALIARIS:		Adamantios Saliaris (fl. 2010), Greek botanist
	A.ALIBERTIS:		Antonis Alibertis (1943 - ), orchid specialist from Crete (Greece)
	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
	tenthredinifera:		bearing sawflies
	sanctae-marcellae:		in honour of Saint Marcellus, the protector of Chios

Fig. 1:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. sanctae-marcellae / Saint Marcellus Orchid Chios, Limnia 12.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 2:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. sanctae-marcellae / Saint Marcellus Orchid Chios, Limnia 12.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 3:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. sanctae-marcellae / Saint Marcellus Orchid Chios, Limnos 11.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 4:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. sanctae-marcellae / Saint Marcellus Orchid Chios, Limnos 11.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 5:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. sanctae-marcellae / Saint Marcellus Orchid Chios, Limnos 11.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. sanctae-marcellae / Saint Marcellus Orchid Chios, Limnos 11.3.2013 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

   

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