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		Ophrys lucis  (KALTEISEN & H.R.REINHARD) PAULUS & GACK

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys aegaea  KALTEISEN & H.R.REINHARD  subsp. lucis  KALTEISEN & H.R.REINHARD

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	KALTEISEN:		Manfred Kalteisen (1931 - ), German orchid specialist
	H.R.REINHARD:		Hans R. Reinhard (1919 - 2007), Swiss teacher and orchid specialist
	PAULUS:		Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
	GACK:		Claudia Gack, German biologist from Freiburg in Breisgau
	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
	lucis:		from Rhodes, the island of the light
	aegaea:		from the Aegean

Fig. 1:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Agios Isidoros 24.3.2005

Fig. 2:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Agios Isidoros 24.3.2005

Fig. 3:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Laerma 24.3.2005

Fig. 4:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Laerma 24.3.2005

Fig. 5:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Laerma 19.3.2005

Fig. 6:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Laerma 19.3.2005

Fig. 7:  Ophrys lucis / Rhodian Bee Orchid Rhodos, Embona 21.3.2019 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

   

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