| Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase / Homotypic Synonyms: Orchis papilionacea L., it is a tuberous geophyte, erect, glabrous herb. up to 40 cm. Tubers sub globular or ovoid, sub sessile. Basal leaves 5-10, forming a rosette, linear-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, apiculate, cauline leaves largely sheathing, usually acuminate, passing into bracts. Inflorescence obovate to oblong, few 10 ± descnly-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, 3-5-nevred, membranaccous, purplish, usually larger than the ovary. Flowers spreading, large. Sepals oval-oblong or oval-lanceolate, obtuse or subapiculate, 3-5-nerved, sub equal, reddish-brown or purple. Petals linear-oblong or lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, reddish-brown or purple. Labellum shortly attenuates at base, orbicular to obovate, roundish, crenulate-dentale, deep red or rose-purple, enlire. Spur cylindrical, obliquely descendant, and obtuse or sub apiculate, somewhat shorter than the ovary, rosy or whitish-rosy. Gynostemium purple. Anther obovate, apiculate, lobes red, separated up to base, rostellum produced into a short beak, pollinia olive-green. Ovary cylindrical 1, twisted. Capsule oblong, Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:—————–, Phytochoria: MED+IT, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:998302-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/998302-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000968525, https://www.gbif.org/species/2808646, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161046/anacamptis-papilionacea-l-r-m-bateman-pridgeon-m-w-chase, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1582.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_orchispapillon.php, https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Orchidaceae/Anacamptis-papilionacea/Anacamptis-papilionacea.html, https://botany.cz/en/orchis-papilionacea/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tripoli (Hay EI-Andalus) 1978 | Ain Mara area 1978 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Orchidaceae Vol. (119) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 61 — under: Orchis papilionacea L. |
