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		Ophrys vernixia  BROT.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Ophrys lusitanica  (O.DANESCH & E.DANESCH) PAULUS & GACK

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	BROT.:		Felix de Silva Avellar Brotero (1744 - 1828), Portuguese botanist
	O.DANESCH:		Othmar Danesch (1919 - 2014), Austrian architect and botanist
	E.DANESCH:		Edeltraud Danesch (1922 - 1996), Austrian writer, wife of Othmar Danesch
	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
	vernixia:		varnished
	lusitanica:		from Portugal

Fig. 1:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Serra da Arrabida 27.3.2002

Fig. 2:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Serra da Arrabida 27.3.2002

Fig. 3:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 4:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 5:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 6:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 7:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 8:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 9:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

Fig. 10:  Ophrys vernixia / Iberian Mirror Orchid P Coimbra 28.4.1988

   

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