Ophrys kotschyi explained

Ophrys kotschyi, the Cyprus bee orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to Greece and Cyprus.^[1]

Ophrys kotschyi occurs in grasslands and in open pine woodlands. It is listed as "near-threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.^[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized (as of May 2014):^[3] Some molecular studies have suggested that the Greek populations might be only superficially similar, that they evolved independently from the Cypriot populations, thus perhaps meriting recognition as a distinct species.^[4]

• Ophrys kotschyi subsp. ariadnae (Paulus) Faurh. - Greece
• Ophrys kotschyi subsp. cretica (Soó) H.Sund. - Crete and other Greek islands
• Ophrys kotschyi subsp. kotschyi – Cyprus

External links

• Plant Net Cyprus, Establishment of a Plant Micro-Reserve Network in Cyprus for the Conservation of Priority Species and Habitats, Ophrys kotschyi
• Orchids of Cyprus, Ophrys kotschyi
• Cyprus Center of Environmental Research and Education Holy Church of Limassol, The species of March, Ophrys kotschyi
• Forum fur Naturfotografen, Kotschys Ragwurz (Ophrys kotschyi)

Notes and References

1. Fleischmann, Andreas & Soó von Bere, Károly Rezsö. 1926. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 9: 908.
2. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/162217/0 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=141336 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ophrys kotschyi
4. http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anb48-free/anb48-097.pdf Gábor Sramkó, Gergely Gulyás & Attila Molnár V. 2011. Convergent evolution in Ophrys kotschyi (Orchidaceae) revisited: a study using nrITS and cpIGS sequences. Ann. Bot. Fennici 48: 97–106, Helsinki, ISSN 1797-2442