Orchis anatolica

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Orchis anatolica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Orchis
Species:
O. anatolica
Binomial name
Orchis anatolica
Synonyms [2]
  • Orchis anatolica var. kochiiBoiss.
  • O. anatolica f. rariflora(K.Koch) Soó
  • O. anatolica f. taurica Rchb.f.
  • O. anatolica subvar. taurica(Rchb.f.) E.G.Camus

Orchis anatolica is a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae family. [3] It is native to Crete, Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestine region, Syria, and Turkey. [4] [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Orchis anatolica was originally described and published in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae [Leipzig] 5: 56 (1844). "Orchis anatolica", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2014-12-23
  2. "Orchis anatolica Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 56 (1844): Synonyms", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-05-20
  3. 1 2 "Orchis anatolica Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. Delforge, Pierre (2005). Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (3rd ed.). London: A&C Black. p. 640. ISBN   0-7136-7525-X.