Ophrys sphegodes Mill., 1768
🇬🇧 Early Spider-orchid
🇫🇷 Oiseau-coquet, Ophrys araignée
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Subfamily: Orchidoideae
- Tribe: Orchideae
- Subtribe: Orchidinae
- Genus: Ophrys
- Species: Ophrys sphegodes
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- O. sphegodes subsp. aesculapii (Renz) Soó ex J.J.Wood, 1980;
- O. sphegodes subsp. amanensis (E.Nelson ex Renz & Taubenheim) H.A.Pedersen, P.J.Cribb & Rolf Kühn, 2019;
- O. sphegodes subsp. araneola (Rchb.) M.Laínz, 1983, P (het. syn. O. aranifera subsp. massiliensis (Viglione & Véla) Véla, 2007);
- O. sphegodes subsp. atrata (Rchb.f.) A.Bolòs, 1950, P (het. syn. O. incubacea Bianca, 1842);
- O. sphegodes subsp. aveyronensis J.J.Wood, 1983, E (hom. syn. O. aveyronensis (J.J.Wood) P.Delforge, 1984);
- O. sphegodes subsp. catalcana Kreutz, 2011;
- O. sphegodes subsp. cretensis H.Baumann & Künkele, 1986;
- O. sphegodes subsp. epirotica (Renz) Gölz & H.R.Reinhard, 1983;
- O. sphegodes subsp. gortynia H.Baumann & Künkele, 1986;
- O. sphegodes subsp. helenae (Renz) Soó & D.M.Moore, 1978;
- O. sphegodes nothosubsp. jeanpertii (E.G.Camus) Del Prete & Conte, 1980: subsp. araneola × subsp. sphegodes, P (hom. syn. O. × jeanpertii E.G.Camus, 1891);
- O. sphegodes subsp. lycia (Renz & Taubenheim) H.A.Pedersen & P.J.Cribb, 2019;
- O. sphegodes subsp. passionis (Sennen) Sanz & Nuet, 1995, P (hom. syn. O. passionis Sennen, 1926);
- O. sphegodes subsp. sipontensis (Kreutz) H.A.Pedersen & Faurh., 2005;
- O. sphegodes subsp. sphegodes
- var. provincialis (H.Baumann & Künkele) P.J.Cribb, 2019, E (hom. syn. O. provincialis (H.Baumann & Künkele) Paulus, 1988);
- var. sphegodes Mill., 1768, P (het. syn. O. aranifera Huds., 1778);
- O. sphegodes subsp. spruneri (Nyman) E.Nelson, 1962;
- O. sphegodes subsp. taurica
- var. taurica (Aggeenko) Soó ex Niketić & Djordjevic, 2018;
- var. transhyrcana (Czerniak.) P.J.Cribb, 2019.
Hybridizes with:
- O. × albertiana E.G.Camus, 1891 (O. apifera × O. holosericea) to produce O. × domus-maria M.P.Grasso, 1989, P;
- O. apifera Huds., 1762 to produce O. × luizetii E.G.Camus, 1891: subsp. araneola, P;
- O. bombyliflora Link, 1800 to produce O. × rainei Albert & Jahand., 1908, P;
- O. × ferruginea W.Rossi & Liuti, 1990 (O. fusca × O. holosericea) to produce O. × carquierannensis E.G.Camus, 1908, P;
- O. fusca Link, 1800 to produce O. × pseudofusca Albert & Camus, 1891, P;
- O. × gumprechtii O.Danesch & E.Danesch, 1972 (O. bertolonii × O. holosericea) to produce O. × neocamusii Godfery, 1922, P;
- O. insectifera L., 1753 to produce O. × apicula J.C.Schmidt ex Rchb.f., 1851: subsp. araneola, P;
- O. × maremmae O.Danesch & E.Danesch, 1972 (O. holosericea × O. tenthredinifera) to produce O. × laconensis Scrugli & M.P.Grasso, 1984, P;
- O. scolopax Cav., 1793 to produce O. × nouletii E.G.Camus, 1893, P;
- O. speculum Link, 1800 to produce O. × macchiatii E.G.Camus, 1908, P;
- O. × sulcitana Scrugli, Todde & Cogoni, 2003 (O. bombyliflora × O. holosericea) to produce O. × semibombyliflora E.G.Camus, 1908, P;
- O. tenthredinifera Willd., 1805 to produce O. × grampinii Cortesi, 1903, P;
- O. × vicina Duffort, 1902 (O. holosericea × O. scolopax) to produce O. × cranbrookeana Godfery, 1921, P.
Photographs
Sources
Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ., & Cribb, P. (2020). Orchidées d’Europe et de Méditerranée (p. 238). Biotope.
Rankou, H. (2011). Ophrys sphegodes (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165191/5988057
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 183). Biotope.