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Ophrys tommasinii
Tommasini's Ophrys
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1115 1443 (2015-11-14)Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 17, 2012
latitude 44.89909 longitude 13.98109
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Adriatic Sea coast, east coast of peninsula Istria northeast of the town Pula (Istria, Croatia)notes Slo.: Tommasinijevo mačje uho - syn.: Ophrys sphegodes ssp. tommasinii (Vis.) Soó, Ophrys araneola Rchb., Ophrys sphegodes ssp. araneola (Rchb.) Leinz, Ophrys aranifera ssp. tommasinii (Vis) Camus, Ophrys tommasinii ssp. araneola (Rchb.) Soó, Ophrys aranifera ssp. araneola (Rchb.) Richt, Ophrys sphegodes ssp. litigiosa (Camus) Bechr. - Habitat: Stony road side of a dirt road, among other herbs and bushes, edge of submediterranean maquis; skeletal, calcareous ground; relatively steep sea shore, east aspect; mostly sunny; average temperatures 12-13 deg C, average precipitation 800-900 mm/year, elevation 50 m (160 feet), submediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Genus Ophrys is highly unusual. It contains plants with beautiful, of an unusual appearance and interestingly 'functioning' flowers. They mimic the form of different female insects to attract particular male insects, which try to pseudo-copulate with them and at the same time pollinate the plants. Taxonomy of the genus Ophrys is a real problem for an amateur. Even professionals widely disagree even about approximate number of taxa in this genus. Numbers go from about twenty to almost two hundred depending on taxonomical suppositions, which are hardly totally objective. Ref.: 4, for example, describes about 180 taxa, and its list of synonym names goes over 600. In addition, introduction of DNA sequencing at the beginning of this century refurbish the taxonomy of the whole family Orchidaceae (which includes genus Ophrys) drastically. Ophrys tommasinii is not excluded from this messy situation. Just look at a few synonym names I am quoting here and don't laugh (if you can refrain). All these names were meant seriously. Ophrys tommasinii is a rare plant in Slovenia. It is not listed in our Red list, but it deserves this position with little doubt. In Germany, for example, it is protected with the highest degree of protection and is considered close to extinction (Ref.: 5). Protected according to: Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih rastlinskih vrstah, poglavje A, Uradni list RS, št. 46/2004 (Regulation of protected wild plants, chapter A, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 46/2004), (2004). Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Branko Dolinar (2) H.Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Länder, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 204. (3) B.Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 143. (4) H.Baumann, S. Künkele, R.Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 194. (5) O. Sebald, S. Seybold, G. Philippi, A. Wӧrz, Eds., Die Farn und Blutenpflanzen Baden-Wurttembergs, Band 8., Verlag Eugen Ulmer (1998), p 411. (6) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovenian), p 776. (7) M- Blamey. C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 516.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_618/2012_DSC3517 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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