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Ophrys apifera HUDS. var. pindica Z.ANTONOP. ined.

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Zissis Antonopoulos wrote, that there were 10 stems of this variety available at the site. For the first time he saw a variety of the bee orchid in Northern Greece, although he often found the 'usual' bee orchid.

Authors:
	HUDS.:	William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	Z.ANTONOP.:	Zissis Antonopoulos (fl. 2011), Greek orchid specialist
	ined.:	provisional not (yet) published name
	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
	pindica:	from Pindus mountains


Fig. 1: Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid GR Grevena 20.6.2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)


Fig. 2: Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid GR Grevena 20.6.2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)


Fig. 3: Ophrys apifera var. pindica / Pindus Bee Orchid GR Grevena 20.6.2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)

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