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Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.
 

Authors:
   VIS.:  Roberto de Visiani (1800 - 1878), Italian physician and botanist who mainly worked on the flora of Dalmatia
   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
   tommasinii:   Muzio Giuseppe Spirito de Tommasini (1794 - 1879), Italian politician and botanist (TOMM.)
 

Deutsch:
Ophrys tommasinii wurde von VISIANI im April 1851 von der nordkroatischen Insel Sveti Petar nahe der größeren Insel Lošinj (alter italienischer Name: Lussin) beschrieben. HERTEL (2002) erwähnt im Jour.Eur.Orch.34(3), dass sie in Istrien ab Mitte April blüht. Die vier Bilder von der Insel Cres zeigen Ophrys tommasinii von einem späten Standort.
 
English:
Ophrys tommasinii has been described in April 1851 from the small northern Croatian island Sveti Petar near Lošinj (former Italian name: Lussin) by VISIANI. In Jour.Eur.Orch.34(3) HERTEL (2002) mentions starting of flower in Istria for middle of April. The four images from the island of Cres are showing Ophrys tommasinii from a late site.
 

Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Sibenik 8.4.2006
Fig. 1:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Sibenik 8.4.2006
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Sibenik 8.4.2006
Fig. 2:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Sibenik 8.4.2006
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Sibenik 8.4.2006
Fig. 3:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Sibenik 8.4.2006
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Sibenik 8.4.2006
Fig. 4:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Sibenik 8.4.2006
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Sibenik 8.4.2006
Fig. 5:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Sibenik 8.4.2006
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Cres 11.5.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Cres 11.5.2002
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Cres 11.5.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Cres 11.5.2002
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Cres 11.5.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Cres 11.5.2002
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid, Croatia,  Cres 11.5.2002 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 9:  Ophrys tommasinii / Istrian Spider Orchid
Croatia, Cres 11.5.2002
(Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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