Neotinea tridentata

Neotinea tridentata, the three-toothed orchid, is a species of orchid found in southern Europe from Spain to Turkey; northwards to the Crimea, Poland and Germany.^[1] This orchid favours grassy places, woodland, scrub and maquis.^[2][3]

Three-toothed orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Neotinea
Species:	N. tridentata
Binomial name
Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Synonyms
Orchis tridentata Scop.

Taxonomy

The genus Neotinea is named after an Italian botanist, Vincenzo Tineo (1791-1856), who was Director of Palermo botanical garden and later the Chancellor of Palermo University. His published works include 'Plantarum rariorum Sicilae' (1817) and 'Catalogus plantarum horti' (1827).^[4] The specific epithet tridentata is Latin for three-toothed, a reference to the three main lobes of the labellum.^[1] This species was formerly placed in the genus Orchis as O. tridentata. Orchis comes from the Greek for testicle, a reference to the shape of some species' tuberous roots.