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		Anacamptis papilionacea  (L.) R.M.BATEMAN, PRIDGEON & M.W.CHASE  subsp. schirwanica  (WORONOW) SOÓ

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis caspia  TRAUTV.,  Herorchis papilionacea  (L.) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN  subsp. schirwanica  (WORONOW) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN,  Vermeulenia caspia  (TRAUTV.) A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE,  Orchis papilionacea  L.  subsp. bruhnsiana  GRUNER

Genus:  Anacamptis  (L.) RICH.,  Orchis  L.,  Herorchis  D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN,  Vermeulenia  A.LÖVE & D.LÖVE,  Orchis  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	R.M.BATEMAN:		Richard M. Bateman (1958 - ), British botanist
	PRIDGEON:		Alec Melton Pridgeon (1949 - ), British botanist
	M.W.CHASE:		Mark Wayne Chase (1951 - ), British orchid specialist
	WORONOW:		Jurij Nikolajewitsch Woronow (1874 - 1931), Russian botanist
	SOÓ:		Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere (1903 - 1980), Austrian botanist
	TRAUTV.:		Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809 - 1889), German botanist in Russia
	D.TYTECA:		Daniel Séraphin René Marie Tyteca (1950 - ), Belgian mathematician and orchid specialist
	E.KLEIN:		Erich Klein (1931 - 2016), Austrian mathematician and orchid specialist
	A.LÖVE:		Áskell Löve (1916 - 1994), Icelandic botanist
	D.LÖVE:		Doris Benta Maria Löve (1918 - 2000), Swedish botanist, wife of Áskell Löve
	GRUNER:		Leopold Fedorovich Gruner (1839 - ), German botanist and mycologist
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist

Etymology:
	Anacamptis:		to recurve
	papilionacea:		butterfly-like
	schirwanica:		from Schirwan, a former province of Azerbaijan
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	caspia:		from the region of the Caspian Sea
	Herorchis:		heros = hero (upper petals inclined together like a helmet), genus Orchis
	Vermeulenia:		Pieter Vermeulen (1899 - 1981), Dutch orchid specialist (VERM.)
	bruhnsiana:		Alexander Bruhns, collected the plant in 1863 in the region of Baku (today Azerbaijan)

Fig. 1:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. schirwanica / Caspian Butterfly Orchid Cyprus, Kato Lefkara 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 2:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. schirwanica / Caspian Butterfly Orchid Cyprus, Kato Lefkara 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 3:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. schirwanica / Caspian Butterfly Orchid Cyprus, Kato Lefkara 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 4:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. schirwanica / Caspian Butterfly Orchid Cyprus, Kato Lefkara 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

Fig. 5:  Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. schirwanica / Caspian Butterfly Orchid Cyprus, Kato Lefkara 7.3.2014 (Photo: Helmut Presser)

   

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