Ophrys cretica, (Vierh.) E. Nelson, 1962

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

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283462

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/53341027-FF88-FF8A-6B85-FDB6FDF9FC22

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Plazi

scientific name

Ophrys cretica
status

 

13. O. cretica (Vierh.) E. Nelson View in CoL   LSID ,

Gestaltwandel 146 (1962).

Plant 20-30 cm. Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spike 3- to 8-flowered. Perianth-segments green, purplish or brown; outer 8-10 mm, ovate to oblong; inner i as long as the outer, linear-lanceolate to triangular, velutinous. Labellum 11-14 mm, distinctly 3-lobed, blackish-purple, with strongly deflexed margins; lateral lobes elliptical, convex, with small basal pro­ tuberances, purplish- or blackish-hairy; middle lobe oblong to ovate, with small appendage; speculum of 2 sometimes inter­ connected lines and H-shaped or scutelliform, or of small spots, white, or bluish with white margin. Connective acute.

• S. Greece and S. Aegean region. Cr Gr.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Ophrys

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