Ophrys fusca

Ophrys fusca

"Ophrys fusca", commonly known as the sombre bee-orchid or the dark bee-orchid, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean from southwestern Europe and northern Africa to western Asia.
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Naming

Five subspecies are currently recognized :

⤷ "Ophrys fusca" subsp. "blitopertha" Faurh. & H.A.Pedersen - Turkey, Greek islands
⤷ "Ophrys fusca" subsp. "cinereophila" Faurh.- Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria
⤷ "Ophrys fusca" subsp. "fusca" - from Portugal to Turkey
⤷ "Ophrys fusca" subsp. "iricolor" K.Richt. - from Portugal to Turkey
⤷ "Ophrys fusca" subsp. "pallida" E.G.Camus in E.G.Camus & A.A.Camus - Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusOphrys
SpeciesO. fusca