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Ophrys morisii  (MARTELLI) SOÓ

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

The very variable Ophrys morisii is an endemism of the islands Sardinia and Corse. Some authors assume a hybridogene development from Ophrys crabronifera and Ophrys panormitana subsp. praecox. As for most Ophrys of the argolica group the pollinator is a bee of genus Anthophora, in this case Anthophora sicheli. The last photos, which have been taken near the cave of Ispinigola in eastern Sardinia, are showing the close relation of Ophrys morisii to Ophrys crabronifera and pollinensis, which frequently have a trilobed appendix and that dense ring of hairs around the lip. At the site there are all kinds of intermediates from Ophrys morisii to orchids, which would be called Ophrys pollinensis if found in the Italian mainland.

Authors:
	MARTELLI:		Ugolino Martelli (1860 - 1934), Italian biologist
	SOÓ:		Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere (1903 - 1980), Austrian botanist
	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
	morisii:		Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (1796 - 1869), Italian botanist and politician (MORIS)

Fig. 1:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Ogliastra,Ussassai 6.4.2000

Fig. 2:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Ogliastra,Ussassai 6.4.2000

Fig. 3:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Ogliastra,Ussassai 6.4.2000

Fig. 4:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Luogosanto 3.4.2000

Fig. 5:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Stintino 4.4.2000

Fig. 6:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Stintino 4.4.2000

Fig. 7:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Stintino 4.4.2000

Fig. 8:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Luogosanto 3.4.2000

Fig. 9:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Laconi 19.5.2001

Fig. 10:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid Sardinia, Dorgali 5.4.2000

Fig. 11:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid (vs. pollinensis) Sardinia, Dorgali 5.4.2000

Fig. 12:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid (vs. pollinensis) Sardinia, Ogliastra, Ispinigola 5.4.2000

Fig. 13:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid (vs. pollinensis) Sardinia, Ogliastra, Ispinigola 5.4.2000

Fig. 14:  Ophrys morisii / Moris' Orchid (vs. pollinensis) Sardinia, Villanovaforru 7.4.2000

   

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