Orchidaceae
Ophrys
Ophrys sphegodes

Ophrys sphegodes subsp. sphegodes

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. & S. Europe to Hungary. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & Faurholdt, N. (2007). Ophrys. The Bee Orchids of Europe: 1-297. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wood, J.J. [272] Greece K:SPC-39470.000 No
Wood, J.J. [185] Greece K:SPC-38245.000 No
Wood, J.J. [234] Italy K:SPC-39034.000 No
Clements, M.A. [2528] Greece K:SPC-47461.000 No
Barneby, T. France K:SPC-28692.000 No
Barneby, T. France K:SPC-28720.000 No
Tenore [s.n.] Greece Ophrys exaltata K000363920 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schleicher [s.n.] Ophrys aranifera K000363985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lang, A.F. [s.n.] Hungary Ophrys aranifera K000363979 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tineo [s.n.] Italy Ophrys aranifera K000363984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowne, B.T. [1461] United Kingdom Ophrys aranifera K000718068 Type Yes
Heldreich [s.n.] Italy Ophrys aranifera K000363977 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France Ophrys aranifera K000363982 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich [s.n.] Greece Ophrys aranifera K000363971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meisner, C.F. [s.n.] Switzerland Ophrys aranifera K000363987 Unknown Type Material Yes
Donn [s.n.] Ophrys aranifera K000363981 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy Ophrys aranifera K000363980 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lemann [s.n.] United Kingdom Ophrys aranifera K000363983 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase [34518-24520] Italy Ophrys fucifera K:SPC-78212.000 No
Wood, J.J. [431] Italy Ophrys sphegodes subsp. praecox K:SPC-43656.000 No
Wood, J.J. [452] Italy Ophrys sphegodes subsp. praecox K:SPC-43652.000 No
Wood, J.J. [465] Italy Ophrys sphegodes subsp. praecox K:SPC-43670.000 No
Chesterman, D.D. [160] Italy Ophrys sphegodes subsp. praecox K:SPC-43740.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images