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		Ophrys polyxo  J.MAST, M.-A.GARNIER, DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys heldreichii  SCHLTR.  subsp. polyxo  J.MAST, M.-A.GARNIER, DEVILLERS-TERSCH. & DEVILLERS

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	J.MAST:		James Mast de Maeght (1943 - 2020), Belgian orchid specialist
	M.-A.GARNIER:		Marie-Anne Garnier, Belgian orchid specialist
	DEVILLERS-TERSCH.:		Jean Devillers-Terschuren (1955 - ), Canadian orchid specialist in Belgium
	DEVILLERS:		Pierre Devillers (1938 - ), French orchid specialist in Belgium
	SCHLTR.:		Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872 - 1925), German orchid specialist
	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
	polyxo:		Polyxo, Greek legendary figure
	heldreichii:		Theodor Heinrich von Heldreich (1822 - 1902), German botanist in Greece (HELDR.)

Fig. 1:  Ophrys polyxo / Polyxo Orchid Rhodos, Lardos - Laerma 1.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 2:  Ophrys polyxo / Polyxo Orchid Rhodos, Lardos - Laerma 1.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 3:  Ophrys polyxo / Polyxo Orchid Rhodos, Stellies 23.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 4:  Ophrys polyxo / Polyxo Orchid Rhodos, Stellies 23.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 5:  Ophrys polyxo / Polyxo Orchid Rhodos, Stellies 23.4.2009 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 6:  Ophrys polyxo / Polyxo Orchid Rhodos, Gennadi 22.3.2019 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

   

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