A NEW VARIETY FROM LEBANON, Ophrys apifera var. libanotica K. ADDAM AND M. BOU-HAMDAN (ORCHIDACEAE)

K. ADDAM¹*, I.D. KEBBE², J. TAKKOUSH³, K. HOUT⁴, M. BOU-HAMDAN^5
1Faculty of Business Administration (Research department), Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), Beirut, Lebanon.
²Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Global University, Beirut, Lebanon.
³Faculty of Business Administration (Research department), Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), Beirut, Lebanon.
⁴Department of Postgraduate Studies & Scientific Research, Global University, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁵Clinker Production Unit at Ciment De Siblinle. (LCF )(Lebanese cement factory).
* Corresponding Author : draddam@hotmail.com

Received : 26-12-2014     Accepted : 09-03-2015     Published : 31-03-2015
Volume : 6     Issue : 1       Pages : 39 - 46
J Bot Res 6.1 (2015):39-46

Keywords : Bee orchid, Ophrys apifera var. libanotica K.Addam & M.Bou-Hamdan. Orchidaceae, Lebanon, Middle East, taxonomy
Academic Editor : Dr Ali Hamdoun
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors would like to thank all those who volunteered to help in the hunt for new orchid species: Dr. Mustafa Hamzah, CBT (Chairman of Board of Trustees); and Dr.Adnan Hamzah, Presedent of Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), for

Khodr Addam & Mounir Bou-Hamdan (2014): New variety of Ophrys apifera (Orchidaceae) from Lebanon. The authors note the recent discovery of new variety of the Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera Hudson var. libanotica. K. Addam & M. Bou-Hamdan. The new variety growing near the east of the Mediterranean Sea was observed for the first time in Lebanon. This new variety resembles, Ophrys apifera var. belgarum Turner Ettl. Ophrys apifera subsp. Trollii. Hegetschw. K.Richt. and phrys apifera f. friburgensis (Freyhold) P. Delforge. Naturalistes Belges, but it differs mainly in a lot of morphologic details, and it is described with illustrations.