Taxonomy details for Ophrys lutea ssp. battandieri

Relationship: Deviation

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Híbrido Ophrys x gauthieri (ancestral: Secção Pseudophrys) Not external
Subespécie Ophrys lutea battandieri (ancestral: Species Ophrys lutea)
Subespécie Ophrys lutea murbeckii (ancestral: Species Ophrys lutea)

Ophrys x gauthieri is the oldest name for the fusca x lutea hybrid.
Ophrys battandier is not an hybrid but an Moroccan-Algerian-Tunisian species, considered by all recent N-African botanists and also main of the ancient ones : https://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=161171
Ophrys murbeckii is another species from the same group, long time called "subfusca" auct. (non sensu Rchb.) and later called O. numida and more recently O. algeriensis.
The taxonomic treatment choosen here, at subspecies rank under O. lutea s.l., is consistent with the global treatment on POWO for other related taxa like O. (lutea subsp.) aspea, O. (lutea subsp.) galilaea, O. (lutea subsp.) laurensis, etc.

Downstream flagged taxa: 1
Flagged Taxon
Ophrys lutea battandieri
Criado por abounabat no 17 de março de 2021