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Satyrium
Swartz, in Kgl .Vetensk . Akad , Nya Handl. Stokh. 21 (1800) , 214 .
Satyrieae . VI ,VII,VIII. Gr. satyrion (man-orchis or Aceras anthropophora ). A name usue by Dioscorides and Pliny , probably from the Satyri , sylvan demigods of Greek mythology ,noted especially for lasciviousness, here applied possibly because of presumed aphrodisiacal properties possessed by the plant.
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