Ophrys omegaifera subsp. omegaifera, synonym Ophrys apollonae (the Apollona bee-orchid), is a subspecies of orchid native to France, Greece, Crete, the East Aegean Islands and Turkey.[1] Very early flowering forms native to Greece, the East Aegean Islands and Turkey have been distinguished as Ophrys apollonae.[2] They usually have a shorter stem and with one (more rarely two) small flowers, with length just above 1 cm,[3] and a lip 11.7 – 13.7 mm long, much smaller than that of Ophrys omegaifera var. basilissa, which is also a very early flowering plant.[4] As of December 2023[update], Plants of the World Online treated Ophrys apollonae as a synonym of Ophrys omegaifera subsp. omegaifera.[1]
| Ophrys omegaifera subsp. omegaifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Ophrys |
| Species: | H.Fleischm.
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| Subspecies: | O. o. subsp. omegaifera
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ophrys omegaifera subsp. omegaifera | |
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Local names edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Ophrys omegaifera subsp. omegaifera". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ a b Nejdet Bozkurt and Hasan Yıldırım (2015), "Türkiye için yeni bir tür kaydı: Ophrys apollonae Paulus & M. Hirth (Orchidaceae)". Bağbahçe Bilim Dergisi 2(2): 20–26 (in Turkish)
- ^ Orchids of Greece
- ^ Ophrys news-6