Naming
There has been considerable confusion over the correct name of this species. Many authors have called it "Ophrys holoserica", but "O. holoserica" Greuter is a synonym of a different species, "Ophrys apifera", the bee orchid.A long list of subspecies and varieties have been proposed and named. At the present time, the following are widely recognized:
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "andria" Faurh. - Greek islands
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "apulica" O.Danesch & E.Danesch - southern Italy including Sicily
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "biancae" Faurh. - Sicily
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "bornmuelleri" B.Willing & E.Willing - Turkey, Cyprus, Greek islands, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Iraq
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "candica" E.Nelson ex Soó - southern Italy including Sicily, plus Greece and Turkey
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "chestermanii" H.Blatt & W.Wirth - Sardinia
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "elatior" R.Engel & Quentin Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "fuciflora" - from Britain to Syria
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "grandiflora" Faurh. - Turkey, Cyprus
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "lacaitae" Soó - Italy, Malta, Croatia
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "oblita" Faurh., H.A.Pedersen & S.G.Christ - Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Israel
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "oxyrrhynchos" Soó - southern Italy including Sicily
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "pallidiconi" Faurh. - Turkey
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora" subsp. "parvimaculata" O.Danesch & E.Danesch - Italy
⤷ *"Ophrys fuciflora "var". ziyaretiana" Faurh. & H.A.Pedersen - Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Israel
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