''Neotinea tridentata'', the three-toothed orchid, is a species of orchid found in southern

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. This orchid favours grassy places, woodland, scrub and maquis.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Neotinea'' is named after an Italian botanist,

Vincenzo Tineo Vincenzo Tineo ( Militello in Val di Catania, 27 February 1791 – Palermo, 25 July 1856) was an Italian Botanist. From 1814 to 1856 he was the director of the Palermo Botanical Garden. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation wh ...

(1791-1856), who was Director of

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botanical garden and later the Chancellor of Palermo University. His published works include 'Plantarum rariorum Sicilae' (1817) and 'Catalogus plantarum horti' (1827).Plant Lives - Plant Biographies
/ref> The specific epithet ''tridentata'' is

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for three-toothed, a reference to the three main lobes of the labellum. This species was formerly placed in the genus ''

Orchis ''Orchis'' is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), occurring mainly in Europe and Northwest Africa, and ranging as far as Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang. The name is from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις ''orchis'', meaning "testicle", from t ...

'' as ''O. tridentata''. ''Orchis'' comes from the

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, a reference to the shape of some species' tuberous roots.

References

External links

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J. Claessens, J. Kleynen: ''European orchids'' - ''Valgus hemipterus'' pollinator of ''Neotinea tridentata'' (''Orchis tridentata'')
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