| Cyprus bee 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: | Ophrys |
| Species: | O. kotschyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophrys kotschyi H.Fleischm. & Soó | |
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Ophrys kotschyi, the Cyprus bee orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to Greece and Cyprus.
Ophrys kotschyi occurs in grasslands and in open pine woodlands. It is listed as "near-threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized (as of May 2014): Some molecular studies have suggested that the Greek populations might be only superficially similar, that they evolved independently from the Cypriot populations, thus perhaps meriting recognition as a distinct species.
- Ophrys kotschyi subsp. ariadnae (Paulus) Faurh. - Greece
- Ophrys kotschyi subsp. cretica (Soó) H.Sund. - Crete and other Greek islands
- Ophrys kotschyi subsp. kotschyi – Cyprus
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ophrys kotschyi
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ophrys kotschyi subsp. kotschyi
- Fleischmann, Andreas & Soó von Bere, Károly Rezsö. 1926. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 9: 908.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Gábor Sramkó, Gergely Gulyás & Attila Molnár V. 2011. Convergent evolution in Ophrys kotschyi (Orchidaceae) revisited: a study using nrITS and cpIGS sequences. Ann. Bot. Fennici 48: 97–106, Helsinki, ISSN 1797-2442
External links
- Plant Net Cyprus, Establishment of a Plant Micro-Reserve Network in Cyprus for the Conservation of Priority Species and Habitats, Ophrys kotschyi
- Orchids of Cyprus, Ophrys kotschyi
- Cyprus Center of Environmental Research and Education Holy Church of Limassol, The species of March, Ophrys kotschyi
- Forum fur Naturfotografen, Kotschys Ragwurz (Ophrys kotschyi)