Anacamptis papilionacea

Pink Butterfly Orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Anacamptis
Species:	A. papilionacea
Binomial name
Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Synonyms
Orchis papilionacea L. (1759) (basionym) Vermeulenia papilionacea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve (1972) Vermeulenia papilionacea var. bruhnsiana (Gruner) Szlach. (2001) Vermeulenia papilionacea var. grandiflora (Boiss.) Szlach. (2001) Vermeulenia papilionacea var. heroica (E.D.Clarke) Szlach. (2001)

Anacamptis papilionacea, (formerly Orchis papilionacea), commonly known as the pink butterfly orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

Distribution and habitat

The species is found in Southern Europe and Northern Africa (Spain, Turkey, Serbia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Aegean Islands, ...), and favors dry and stony ground. ^{[1] : 510}

References

1. Blamey, Marjorie; Grey-Wilson, Christopher (2005). Wild flowers of the Mediterranean. London: A&C Black. ISBN   0-7136-7015-0.

External links

• Media related to Anacamptis papilionacea at Wikimedia Commons