Neotinea tridentata explained

Neotinea tridentata, the three-toothed orchid, is a species of orchid found in southern Europe from Spain to Turkey; northwards to the Crimea, Poland and Germany.[1] This orchid favours grassy places, woodland, scrub and maquis.[2] [3]

Taxonomy

The genus Neotinea is named after an Italian botanist, Vincenzo Tineo (1791-1856), who was Director of Palermo botanical garden and later the Chancellor of Palermo University. His published works include 'Plantarum rariorum Sicilae' (1817) and 'Catalogus plantarum horti' (1827).[4] The specific epithet tridentata is Latin for three-toothed, a reference to the three main lobes of the labellum.[1] This species was formerly placed in the genus Orchis as O. tridentata. Orchis comes from the Greek for testicle, a reference to the shape of some species' tuberous roots.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Delforge , Pierre . Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East . A&C Black . 3rd . 2005 . London . 640 . en . 0-7136-7525-X .
  2. Web site: Encyclopedia of Life . Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase - Encyclopedia of Life . 2009-09-24 .
  3. Web site: National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland . Orchis tridentata . ORCHIDS OF EUROPE WEB SITE . 2009-09-24 . 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090305213631/http://www.habitas.org.uk/europeanorchids/ . 2009-03-05 . dead .
  4. http://www.plantlives.com/plant_botanical_def_list.php?s=10&p=8&sort=&search=N Plant Lives - Plant Biographies