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Internal ID UUID643fe56e21576794135594
Scientific name Ophrys speculum
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First published in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 324 (1800)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Arachnites speculum Tod. Orchid. Sicul. : 93 (1842)
Ophrys speculum var. lutescens J.J.Rodr. Fl. Menorca 137. 1904

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Language Common/alternative name
English mirror orchid
English looking-glass orchid
Spanish orquídea abeja espejo
Spanish orquidea abeja espejo
Spanish ophrys speculum var. lutescens
Catalan abellera de mirall
co ofride spichju
co orchidea spichju
co ufridi spichju
Czech tořič modropyský
German spiegel-ragwurz
German spiegelorchidee
Greek Οφρύς η κατοπτρική
Italian ofride specchio
Turkish ayna salebi
Chinese 镜蜂兰
Chinese 鏡蜂蘭

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Ophrys speculum subsp. lusitanica O.Danesch & E.Danesch Orchidee (Hamburg) 20: 21 (1969)
Ophrys speculum subsp. regis-ferdinandii Acht. & Kellerer ex Kuzmanov Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 390 (1970)
Ophrys speculum subsp. speculum Unknown

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000258449
Tropicos 23500406
Flora of Italy 8101
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:648125-1
The Plant List kew-141747
Open Tree Of Life 1057145
Observations.org 152836
NCBI Taxonomy 145952
IPNI 648125-1
iNaturalist 82875
GBIF 2792665
EPPO OPRSP
EOL 1136416
Wikipedia Ophrys_speculum

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Evaluation of Anticancer Activity of 76 Plant Species Collected in Andalusia (Spain) against Lung Cancer Cells Jiménez-González V, Benítez G, Pastor JE, López-Lázaro M, Calderón-Montaño JM Plants (Basel) 15-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10536323
doi:10.3390/plants12183275
PMID:37765439
Orchidaceae in Puglia (Italy): Consistency, Distribution, and Conservation Turco A, Albano A, Medagli P, D’Emerico S, Wagensommer RP Plants (Basel) 05-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10255703
doi:10.3390/plants12112223
PMID:37299203
Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation Bazzicalupo M, Calevo J, Smeriglio A, Cornara L Plants (Basel) 05-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9863304
doi:10.3390/plants12020257
PMID:36678970
Orchid Phylotranscriptomics: The Prospects of Repurposing Multi-Tissue Transcriptomes for Phylogenetic Analysis and Beyond Wong DC, Peakall R Front Plant Sci 27-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9196242
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.910362
PMID:35712597
Anthocyanin and Flavonol Glycoside Metabolic Pathways Underpin Floral Color Mimicry and Contrast in a Sexually Deceptive Orchid Wong DC, Perkins J, Peakall R Front Plant Sci 23-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8983864
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.860997
PMID:35401591
A sensory bias overrides learned preferences of bumblebees for honest signals in Mimulus guttatus Haber AI, Sims JW, Mescher MC, De Moraes CM, Carr DE Proc Biol Sci 07-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8059497
doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.0161
PMID:33823667
Floristic and Vegetation Changes on a Small Mediterranean Island over the Last Century Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Guarino R, Minissale P, Pasta S, Tavilla G, Cristaudo A Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8065674
doi:10.3390/plants10040680
PMID:33916121
Identification of the Key Regulatory Genes Involved in Elaborate Petal Development and Specialized Character Formation in Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae) Zhang R, Fu X, Zhao C, Cheng J, Liao H, Wang P, Yao X, Duan X, Yuan Y, Xu G, Kramer EM, Shan H, Kong H Plant Cell 30-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7534484
doi:10.1105/tpc.20.00330
PMID:32732312
A Synopsis of Sardinian Studies: Why Is it Important to Work on Island Orchids? Lussu M, Marignani M, Lai R, Loi MC, Cogoni A, Cortis P Plants (Basel) 06-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7411895
doi:10.3390/plants9070853
PMID:32640731
Taxonomic revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) in Colombia Szlachetko DL, Kolanowska M PeerJ 09-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6690379
doi:10.7717/peerj.7385
PMID:31413928
Speciation, pattern recognition and the maximization of pollination: general questions and answers given by the reproductive biology of the orchid genus Ophrys Paulus HF J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 28-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6579770
doi:10.1007/s00359-019-01350-4
PMID:31134328
Ultrastructure and optics of the prism‐like petal epidermal cells of Eschscholzia californica (California poppy) Wilts BD, Rudall PJ, Moyroud E, Gregory T, Ogawa Y, Vignolini S, Steiner U, Glover BJ New Phytol 01-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6055853
doi:10.1111/nph.15229
PMID:29856474
Evolutionary and functional potential of ploidy increase within individual plants: somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee orchids Bateman RM, Guy JJ, Rudall PJ, Leitch IJ, Pellicer J, Leitch AR Ann Bot 17-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC6025197
doi:10.1093/aob/mcy048
PMID:29672665
Conservation Status of the Family Orchidaceae in Spain Based on European, National, and Regional Catalogues of Protected Species de la Torre Llorente D ScientificWorldJournal 30-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5830962
doi:10.1155/2018/7958689
PMID:29643757
Turkish graveyards as refuges for orchids against tuber harvest Molnár V. A, Nagy T, Löki V, Süveges K, Takács A, Bódis J, Tökölyi J Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5743569
doi:10.1002/ece3.3562
PMID:29299298

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