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		Orchis patens  DESF.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Androrchis patens  (DESF.) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Genus:  Orchis  L.,  Androrchis  D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Authors:
	DESF.:		René Louiche Desfontaines (1750 - 1833), French botanist
	D.TYTECA:		Daniel Séraphin René Marie Tyteca (1950 - ), Belgian mathematician and orchid specialist
	E.KLEIN:		Erich Klein (1931 - 2016), Austrian mathematician and orchid specialist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	patens:		open or outstretched
	Androrchis:		Male Orchis, i.e. the group of Orchis mascula

Fig. 1:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 3.5.1986

Fig. 2:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 3.5.1986

Fig. 3:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 3.5.1986

Fig. 4:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 13.5.2001

Fig. 5:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 13.5.2001

Fig. 6:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 13.5.2001

Fig. 7:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 13.5.2001

Fig. 8:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria 13.5.2001

Fig. 9:  Orchis patens / Green-spotted Orchid I Liguria, Abbazia Borzone 20.5.2015 (Photo: Eugen Schaub)

   

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