Ophrys fuciflora, (F. W. Schmidt) Moench, 1802

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 348

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.215522

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283476

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/53341027-FF88-FF8A-6886-FC4FF9D6F932

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Plazi

scientific name

Ophrys fuciflora
status

 

16 . O. fuciflora (F. W. Schmidt) Moench View in CoL View at ENA   LSID ,

Meth., Suppl. 311 (1802) ( Orchis fuciflora F. W. Schmidt View in CoL , Ophrys arachnites View in CoL (L.) Reichard).

Plant 15-55 cm. Basal leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, the cauline narrower, acute. Spike 2- to 6(-14)-flowered, lax. Perianth-segments pink, pale pinkish, whitish or green; outer 9-13 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, the median concave; inner triangular, rarely linear-lanceolate, hairy. Labellum 9-13 (-16) mm, ovate, suborbicular or transversely elliptical, entire, rarely 3-lobed, brown or dark brownish-purple, velutinous, papillose in the centre, sometimes with a yellowish marginal zone, usually with basal protuberances up to 3 mm, with a wide, often 3-dentate, usually upeurved appendage; speculum variable, large. Connective acute. 2n= 36.

S., W. & C. Europe, northwards to S. England and C. Czechoslovakia. Al Au Be B 1 Br Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Rm Sa?Si Tu.

1 Perianth-segments green; labellum with very indistinct basal protuberances

2 Inner perianth-segments 1 /8- 1 /5as long as the outer (c) subsp. oxyrrhynchos View in CoL

2 Inner perianth-segments at least 1 /3as long as the outer (d) subsp. exaltata

1 Perianth-segments pink, pale purplish or whitish; labellum with distinct basal protuberances

3 Speculum scutelliform, brown or violet-brown, with wide whitish or yellowish margin; inner perianth-segments 1 /5as long as the outer (b) subsp. candica View in CoL

3 Speculum variable, violet or blue, with narrow yellow or greenish margin; inner perianth-segments usually 1 /4- 1 /3 as long as the outer (a) subsp. fuciflora View in CoL

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Ophrys

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