Ophrys apifera Hudson 1762
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19. O. apifera Hudson,
Fl. Angl. 340 (1762).
Plant 15-50 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate to ovate, obtuse, the cauline similar, acute. Spike 2- to 7(-ll)-flowered, lax. Outer perianth-segments (8-) 10-15 mm, oblong-ovate, patent or deflexed, purplish or purplish-violet, rarely whitish, green-striate; inner triangular to linear-lanceolate, green or purplish. Labellum 10-13 mm, broadly ovate, strongly convex, brownish- or blackish-purple, rarely yellowish-green or bicolorous, partly papillose, partly villous, with long, yellow, deflexed appendage, or appendage absent; lateral lobes triangular-ovate, deflexed, with externally hairy basal protuberances up to 3 mm; speculum scutelliform at the base, violet or reddish-brown, with a yellow margin, with clear yellow spots towards apex. Connective long-acuminate. 2n—36.
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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
- Hudson
- Species
- apifera
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophrys apifera Hudson, 1762 sec. Moore, 1980