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Orchidaceae

Ophrys

Ophrys bornmuelleri

Ophrys bornmuelleri subsp. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) Renz & Taubenheim

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 276 (1983)

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is CS. & SE. Türkiye to Cyprus. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Cyprus, Türkiye

Homotypic Synonyms

Ophrys bornmuelleri var. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) Hennecke in Beitr. Ophrys: 307 (2021)
Ophrys bornmuelleri f. grandiflora H.Fleischm. & Soó in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 26 (1927)
Ophrys fuciflora var. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) B.Willing & E.Willing in Orchidee (Hamburg) 26: 78 (1975), nom. illeg.
Ophrys fuciflora subsp. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) Faurh. in Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 22(2): 7 (2005 publ. 2006), nom. illeg.
Ophrys holosericea subsp. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) Faurh. in J. Eur. Orch. 35: 745 (2003)
Ophrys holosericea var. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) Landwehr in Wilde Orchid. Eur. 2: 220 (1977), without basionym ref.
Ophrys levantina subsp. grandiflora (H.Fleischm. & Soó) Kreutz in J. Eur. Orch. 38: 127 (2006)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Ophrys levantina Gölz & H.R.Reinhard in Mitt. Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 17: 461 (1985)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Asparagales

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Family
Orchidaceae

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Genus
Ophrys

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Species
Ophrys bornmuelleri
Subspecies
Ophrys bornmuelleri subsp. grandiflora

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Çimen, A.Ö., Güner, I., Ekşi, G. & Şen, F. (eds.) (2022). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 3a: 1-868. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Faurholdt, N. & Pedersen, H.Æ. (2009). Flueblomster fra Marokko til Mellemøsten: 1-122. Dansk Orchide Klub og forfatterne. [Cited as Ophrys fuciflora subsp. grandiflora.]
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Ophrys holoserica subsp. bornmuelleri.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

Faurholdt, N. & Pedersen, H.Æ. (2009). Flueblomster fra Marokko til Mellemøsten: 1-122. Dansk Orchide Klub og forfatterne.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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