Ophrys battandieri

Ophrys battandieri is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia).^[1] Ophrys murbeckii may be treated as a synonym.^[2][3]

Ophrys battandieri
In Algeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Ophrys
Species:	O. battandieri
Binomial name
Ophrys battandieri E.G.Camus[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Ophrys algeriensis Kreutz & L.Lewis Ophrys barauensis J.-M.Lewin Ophrys carpitana M.R.Lowe, Gügel & Kreutz Ophrys fraresiana M.R.Lowe, Piera & M.B.Crespo Ophrys galilaea subsp. murbeckii (H.Fleischm.) Del Prete Ophrys gauthieri Gauth.-Lièvre Ophrys gauthieri subsp. lucronii (Benito) F.M.Vázquez Ophrys grottaparrinoi Soca Ophrys hernandesii Gonz.-Muñoz & F.M.Vázquez Ophrys lucronii Benito Ophrys lutea subsp. battandieri (E.G.Camus) Kreutz Ophrys lutea subsp. funerea Batt. Ophrys lutea subsp. murbeckii (H.Fleischm.) Soó Ophrys lutea subsp. numida (Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Kreutz Ophrys minaventoi Soca Ophrys murbeckii H.Fleischm. Ophrys numida Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers Ophrys serrae Benito Ophrys subfusca f. leucadica G.Keller & Soó Ophrys subfusca f. punctulata G.Keller & Soó Ophrys subfusca subsp. battandieri (E.G.Camus) Kreutz Ophrys subfusca subsp. numida (Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Kreutz

Description

Plants observed at Tikjda in Algeria had three to seven flowers. The typical flower of Ophrys battandieri has a labellum or lip about 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in) long. The base is straight and narrow, not coloured. The lip then widens and has a broad yellow margin up to 3 mm (0.12 in) wide.^[4]

Taxonomy

Ophrys battandieri was first described by Edmond Gustave Camus in 1908.^[5] Morphologically, the species resembles others placed in the Ophrys lutea group. It has been synonymized with or treated as a subspecies of O. subfusca (which is itself now accepted as a subspecies of O. fusca). It has also been confused with hybrids between O. fusca and O. lutea. In 2010, it was resurrected as a separate species in a synonymic index of the flora of North Africa.^[4]

As of October 2025^[update], although some sources, including Plants of the World Online, regard Ophrys murbeckii as an independent species,^[6] others, including World Flora Online, treat O. murbeckii as a synonym of O. battandieri.^[2][3]