| Three-toothed orchid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Neotinea |
| Species: | N. tridentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase | |
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Neotinea tridentata, the three-toothed orchid, is a species of orchid found in southern Europe from Spain to Turkey; northwards to the Crimea, Poland and Germany. This orchid favours grassy places, woodland, scrub and maquis.
Taxonomy
The genus Neotinea is named after an Italian botanist, Vincenzo Tineo (1791-1856), who was Director of Palermo botanical garden and later the Chancellor of Palermo University. His published works include 'Plantarum rariorum Sicilae' (1817) and 'Catalogus plantarum horti' (1827). The specific epithet tridentata is Latin for three-toothed, a reference to the three main lobes of the labellum. This species was formerly placed in the genus Orchis as O. tridentata. Orchis comes from the Greek for testicle, a reference to the shape of some species' tuberous roots.
References
- ^ Delforge, Pierre (2005). Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (3rd ed.). London: A&C Black. p. 640. ISBN 0-7136-7525-X.
- Encyclopedia of Life. "Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase - Encyclopedia of Life". Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland (2004). "Orchis tridentata". ORCHIDS OF EUROPE WEB SITE. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- Plant Lives - Plant Biographies
External links
Media related to Neotinea tridentata at Wikimedia Commons- J. Claessens, J. Kleynen: European orchids - Valgus hemipterus pollinator of Neotinea tridentata (Orchis tridentata)
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| Neotinea tridentata |
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| Orchis tridentata | |