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		Orchis mascula  (L.) L.  subsp. speciosa  (MUTEL) HEGI

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis mascula  (L.) L.  subsp. signifera  (VEST) SOÓ,  Orchis ovalis  F.W.SCHMIDT,  Androrchis ovalis  (F.W.SCHMIDT) D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Genus:  Orchis  L.,  Androrchis  D.TYTECA & E.KLEIN

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	MUTEL:		Pierre Auguste Victor Mutel (1795 - 1847), French botanist
	HEGI:		Gustav Hegi (1876 - 1932), Swiss botanist
	VEST:		Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest (1776 - 1840), Austrian physician and botanist
	SOÓ:		Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere (1903 - 1980), Austrian botanist
	F.W.SCHMIDT:		Franz Willibald Schmidt (1764 - 1796), botanist from Prague (Bohemia)
	D.TYTECA:		Daniel Séraphin René Marie Tyteca (1950 - ), Belgian mathematician and orchid specialist
	E.KLEIN:		Erich Klein (1931 - 2016), Austrian mathematician and orchid specialist

Etymology:
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	mascula:		male
	speciosa:		magnificent
	signifera:		signum = sign, fero = I bear
	ovalis:		oval
	Androrchis:		Male Orchis, i.e. the group of Orchis mascula

Fig. 1:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid F Dept. Drome 24.5.1998

Fig. 2:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid F Dept. Drome 24.5.1998

Fig. 3:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Lago del Benaco, Sasso 7.5.1986

Fig. 4:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Tremalzo 3.6.1988

Fig. 5:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Tremalzo 3.6.1988

Fig. 6:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Monte Beigua 24.5.2013

Fig. 7:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Monte Beigua 24.5.2013

Fig. 8:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Monte Beigua 24.5.2013

Fig. 9:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Molini di Triora 26.5.2013

Fig. 10:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Molini di Triora 26.5.2013

Fig. 11:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid I Liguria, Col de San Bernardo 28.5.2013

Fig. 12:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid A Widderstein 12.7.1987

Fig. 13:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid A Menauer Alm 31.5.2008

Fig. 14:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 15:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 16:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 30.6.2010

Fig. 17:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 30.6.2010

Fig. 18:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 30.6.2010

Fig. 19:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 20:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 21:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 22:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 23:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid Croatia, Velebit Zavizan 4.6.2008

Fig. 24:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid RO Southern Carpathians 17.5.2022 (Photo: Nora E. Anghelescu)

Fig. 25:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid RO Southern Carpathians 17.5.2022 (Photo: Nora E. Anghelescu)

Fig. 26:  Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa / Splendid Early Purple Orchid RO Southern Carpathians 17.5.2022 (Photo: Nora E. Anghelescu)

   

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