Roman Dactylorhiza - Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó ≡Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó subsp. romana - Cyprus

See also - LIST OF CYPRUS ORCHIDS - ΛΙΣΤΑ ΟΡΧΙΔΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ

The Roman Dactylorhiza (Dactylorhiza romana) is a species of orchid. It is native to the Mediterranean Region of southern Europe and northern Africa, the range extending eastward to Iran and Turkmenistan.

Three subspecies are recognized:

• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. georgica (Klinge) Soó ex Renz & Taubenheim - Turkey, Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, southern Russia), Iran, Turkmenistan

• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. guimaraesii (E.G.Camus) H.A.Pedersen - Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco

• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. romana - Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Crimea, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  .Photos Sia 2/3/2015 by George Konstantinou
•