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Ophrys ferrum-equinum, the horseshoe bee-orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to Albania, Greece, and Turkey, including Crete and other islands of the Aegean.[1] It owes its species name to the characteristic shape of a silver horse-shoe on the brown petal.

Horseshoe bee-orchid
Flower of Ophrys ferrum-equinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Ophrys
Species:	O. ferrum-equinum
Binomial name
Ophrys ferrum-equinum Desf.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):[1]

• Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. ferrum-equinum - Albania, Greece, Turkey
• Ophrys ferrum-equinum subsp. gottfriediana (Renz) E.Nelson - Greece

References

External links

• Media related to Ophrys ferrum-equinum at Wikimedia Commons

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