Ophrys sicula

Ophrys sicula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Ophrys
Species: Ophrys sicula

Name

Ophrys sicula Tineo, Pl. Rar. Sicil.: 13 (1846)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Arachnites luteus var. minus Tod., Orchid. Sicul.: 97 (1842)
• Homotypic
  • Ophrys lutea var. minor (Tod.) Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 550 (1844)
  • Ophrys lutea var. sicula (Tineo) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 699 (1882), nom. superfl.
  • Ophrys lutea f. sicula (Tineo) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 25 (1927)
  • Ophrys fusca var. sicula (Tineo) E.G.Camus & A.Camus, Iconogr. Orchid. Europe: 292 (1928), nom. superfl.
  • Ophrys lutea subsp. minor (Tod.) O.Danesch & E.Danesch ex Gölz & H.R.Reinhard, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 29: 104 (1978)
  • Ophrys lutea subsp. sicula (Tineo) Soldano, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 133: 115 (1992 publ. 1993), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Ophrys migoutiana H.Gay, Mém. Assoc. Franç. Avanc. Sci. Paris 1888: 502 (1888)
  • Ophrys lutea var. minor Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 3: 43 (1909), nom. illeg.
  • Ophrys archimedea P.Delforge & M.Walravens, Naturalistes Belges 81: 256 (2000)
  • Ophrys numida Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers, Naturalistes Belges 81: 297 (2000)
  • Ophrys fusca subsp. migoutiana (H.Gay) Kreutz, Kompend. Eur. Orchid.: 95 (2004)
  • Ophrys lutea subsp. archimedea (P.Delforge & M.Walravens) Kreutz, Kompend. Eur. Orchid.: 105 (2004)
  • Ophrys lutea subsp. numida (Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Kreutz, Kompend. Eur. Orchid.: 106 (2004)
  • Ophrys lepida S.Moingeon & J.-M.Moingeon, Orchidophile (Deuil-la-Barre) 166: 174 (2005)
  • Ophrys subfusca subsp. liveranii Orrù & M.P.Grasso, GIROS Notiz. 30: 9 (2005)
  • Ophrys subfusca subsp. archimedea (P.Delforge & M.Walravens) Kreutz, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 101 (2006)
  • Ophrys subfusca subsp. numida (Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Kreutz, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 103 (2006)
  • Ophrys lutea subsp. quarteirae Kreutz, M.R.Lowe & Wucherpf., J. Eur. Orch. 39: 627 (2007)
  • Ophrys lutea var. quarteirae (Kreutz, M.R.Lowe & Wucherpf.) F.M.Vázquez, J. Eur. Orch. 40: 711 (2008)
  • Ophrys urteae Paulus, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 26(2): 10 (2009)
  • Ophrys × murbeckii subsp. quarteirae (Kreutz, M.R.Lowe & Wucherpf.) M.R.Lowe, J. Eur. Orch. 43: 462 (2011)
  • Ophrys pseudomelena Turco, Medagli & D'Emerico, GIROS Notiz. 50: 8 (2012)
  • Ophrys hellenica Devillers & Devillers-Tersch., Naturalistes Belges 94(Orchid. 26): 158 (2013)
  • Ophrys quarteirae (Kreutz, M.R.Lowe & Wucherpf.) Devillers & Devillers-Tersch., Naturalistes Belges 94(Orchid. 26): 159 (2013)
  • Ophrys sicula var. transadriatica Devillers & Devillers-Tersch., Naturalistes Belges 94(Orchid. 26): 159 (2013)
  • Ophrys cythnia P.Delforge & Onckelinx, Naturalistes Belges 95(Orchid. 27): 203 (2014)
  • Ophrys subfusca subsp. lepida (S.Moingeon & J.-M.Moingeon) Kreutz, GIROS Orch. Spont. Eur. 58: 7 (2015)
  • Ophrys × phryganae var. hellenica (Devillers & Devillers-Tersch.) Hennecke, GIROS Orch. Spont. Eur. 60: 270 (2017)
  • Ophrys sicula var. archimedea (P.Delforge & M.Walravens) Hennecke, GIROS Orch. Spont. Eur. 61: 199 (2018)
  • Ophrys sicula var. lepida (S.Moingeon & J.-M.Moingeon) Hennecke, GIROS Orch. Spont. Eur. 61: 200 (2018)
  • Ophrys sicula var. liveranii (Orrù & M.P.Grasso) Hennecke, GIROS Orch. Spont. Eur. 61: 200 (2018)
  • Ophrys sicula var. urteae (Paulus) Hennecke, GIROS Orch. Spont. Eur. 61: 208 (2018)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southwestern Europe Corse, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tineo, V. 1846. Plantarum Rariorum Siciliae minus cognitarum pugillus primus. Panormi [Palermo] 13.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophrys sicula. Accessed: 2020 Dec 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ophrys sicula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ophrys sicula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ophrys sicula. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Ophrys sicula in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 15.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Ophrys sicula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2020.

Vernacular names

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