Ophrys scolopax Cav. 1793
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Description
15. O.scolopax Cav.,
Icon. Descr. 2: 46 (1793).
Plant 15-45 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate, acute. Spike 3- to 12-flowered. Perianth-segments pink or purplish-violet, rarely whitish or greenish; outer 8- 10(- 12) mm, oblong-ovate, glabrous, the median not incurved; inner as long as the outer, lanceolate or triangular, hairy. Labellum suborbicular, ovate, or obovate, distinctly 3-lobed, rarely subentire, widest at or below the middle, strongly deflexed, brownish- or blackish-purple, velutinous, glabrous towards the margin, with an often 3-dentate appendage; lateral lobes ovate to triangular, deflexed, gibbous, dark brown ish-hairy; speculum scutelliform, annular or H-shaped, large, violet or blue with yellow or whitish margin, the spots often somewhat dark brownish-velutinous with glabrous margin. Connective acute.
S. Europe. A 1 B 1 Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Sa?Si Tu.
1 Labellum 13-15 mm (d) subsp.heldreichii
1 Labellum 8-12 mm
2 Middle lobe of labellum wider than long, with wide marginal zone (b) subsp.oestrifera
2 Middle lobe of labellum as long as or longer than wide
3 Middle lobe of labellum with papillose, very narrow, glabrous marginal zone; basal protuberances small, wide, obtuse (a) subsp.scolopax
3 Middle lobe of labellum with wide, glabrous marginal zone; basal protuberances up to 10 mm, conical, acute (c) subsp.comuta
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.215522 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AF0D685FFF9FFF9D6B0CFFECFFF8FF80 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Ophrys
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Cav.
- Species
- scolopax
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophrys scolopax Cav., 1793 sec. Moore, 1980