| Ophrys tenthredinifera Willd. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Ophrys rosea (Desf.) Dufour, it is a tuberous geophyte, glabrous, erect herb, up to 45 cm. Tuber sub globose or ovoid, sub sessile. Basal leaves 3-5, forming a rosette, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, pointed and apiculate, attenuate at base. Cauline leaves 2-4, reduced and largely sheathing. Inflorescence laxly few-flowered. Bracts oblong, pale green. Flowers large, spreading. Sepals sub equal, obtuse, glabrous, oblong-elliptical, median lobe shortly cucullate, rosy or pink. Petals obliquely oval-triangular, usually purple, 3-nerved, papiltose-velutinous at the inner face. Labellum ± reflected with a large base, having a conical gibbous on each side of the base, largely oboval-sub truncate, notched at apex, with an ovate, acute tooth in the notch, velvety and yellowish-green with the exception of a brownish, glabrous, rhomboid or quadrate spot at base, having a cluster of hairs at the base of the tooth; lateral lobes round, less marked, shortly reflected; midlobe emarginated, entire, large, obtuse, appendaged and glabrous. Gynostemium larger than the petals; rostellum obtuse, notched; stigma rectangular, concave. Anther obovate, obtuse or shortly incurved, Ovary cylindrical, glabrous. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: MED , The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:648146-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/648146-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000258531, https://www.gbif.org/species/2793126, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161261/ophrys-tenthredinifera-willd, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4172.html, https://botany.cz/en/ophrys-tenthredinifera/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tajura 1919 (5 km) E. of Tajura 1971 | Tarhuna, Abiar Milgah, Sul Ras Neb 1919 | Ras El –Hilal 1958 |
| 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 |
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