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]

Orchis anatolica
Flower of Orchis anatolica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. kochii Boiss.
  • O. anatolica f. rariflora (K.Koch) Soó
  • O. anatolica f. taurica Rchb.f.
  • O. anatolica subvar. taurica (Rchb.f.) E.G.Camus

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.

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