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Orchis
Linnaeus ,Sp. Pl. (1753) , 939.
Platanthereae. I, V, VI ,VII. Gr. orchis (testicle ). In reference to the tuberoids which many species of the genus baer at the base of the stem . Dioscorides used this name for a plant with tuberoids in the shape of testicles.
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