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		Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. tilaventina  NONIS & LIVERANI

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys integra  SACC.,  Ophrys purpurea  TAUSCH,  Ophrys apifera  HUDS.  var. purpurata  (TAUSCH) RCHB.F.

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Geschichte der Art / Story of the species

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	NONIS:		Umberto Nonis (1936 - ), Italian biologist
	LIVERANI:		Paolo Liverani (1923 - 2005), Italian orchid specialist
	SACC.:		Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845 - 1920), Italian botanist
	TAUSCH:		Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793 - 1848), Bohemian botanist
	RCHB.F.:		Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist
	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
	apifera:		bearing bees
	tilaventina:		from river Tagliamento (Northeastern Italy)
	integra:		entire (lip)
	purpurea:		purple color
	purpurata:		purple color

Fig. 1:  Ophrys apifera var. tilaventina / Tagliamento Bee Orchid I Friuli, Tagliamento Valley 2.6.2004

Fig. 2:  Ophrys apifera var. tilaventina / Tagliamento Bee Orchid I Friuli, Tagliamento Valley 2.6.2004

Fig. 3:  Ophrys apifera var. tilaventina / Tagliamento Bee Orchid I Friuli, Tagliamento Valley 2.6.2004

Fig. 4:  Ophrys apifera var. tilaventina / Tagliamento Bee Orchid I Friuli, Tagliamento Valley 2.6.2004

Fig. 5:  Ophrys apifera var. tilaventina / Tagliamento Bee Orchid I Friuli, Tagliamento Valley 2.6.2004

   

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