Editing Ophrys lutea

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Ophrys lutea Zingaro 180307.jpg
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author= Rankou, H. |date=2011 |title= ''Ophrys lutea'' |volume=2011 |page= e.T175920A7143357 |url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/175920/7143357 |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>
| genus = Ophrys
| species = lutea
| authority = [[Cav.]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:647978-1 |title= Ophrys lutea Cav.
|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6T2R7 |title= Ophrys lutea Cav.
|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="5623459yhjuw"/>
| synonyms = * ''Arachnites luteus'' <small>(Cav.) [[Tod.]]</small>
}}

'''''Ophrys lutea''''', the '''yellow bee-orchid''', is a species of [[orchid]] native to southern Europe, North Africa, and the [[Middle East]], the range extending from Portugal and Morocco to Syria.<ref name="5623459yhjuw">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=141394 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=ophrys+lutea Altervista Flora Italiana, Ofride gialla, Yellow Bee Orchid]</ref>

== Description of the flower ==
Broad asymmetric lateral [[sepal]]s, dorsal sepal lowered.

Extended [[petal]]s, yellow or with a blue-grey or brown spotted [[velvety]] [[macula]]. Pollinated by male ''[[Andrena]]'' bees. This species is notable among ''[[Ophrys]]'' for the fact that the pollinating bees sit on the [[Labellum (botany)|labellum]] facing away from the [[pollinaria]] instead of facing towards them, and thus collect the pollinaria with their [[abdomen]].

== Subspecies ==
Numerous subspecific names have been proposed, but {{As of|2023|alt=as of Sep 2023}} the following are currently accepted:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ophrys lutea Cav. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:647978-1 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>

*''Ophrys lutea'' subsp. ''aspea'' <small>(Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Faurh.</small> - Northern Tunisia to Northern Libya
*''Ophrys lutea'' subsp. ''galilaea'' <small>(H.Fleischm. & Bornm.) Soó</small> - Mediterranean
*''Ophrys lutea'' subsp. ''laurensis'' <small>(Geniez & Melki) Kreutz</small> - Sicily
*''Ophrys lutea'' subsp. ''lutea'' <small>Cav.</small> - Western and Central Mediterranean to Crete
*''Ophrys lutea'' subsp. ''phryganae '' <small>(Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers) Melki</small> - Central and Eastern Mediterranean

== Flowering period ==
March to May

== Habitat ==
The orchid grows in full sun or shade on limey dry or damp soils, pastures, and thin woodland.

[[File:Ophrys lutea.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Yellow bee-orchid]]
''<small>from the French Wikipedia; technical translation of some words still needing checking</small>''

== References==
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* [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do;jsessionid=1312A8544414AC32B036019248658F26 World Checklist of Monocotyledons, Kew Botanical gardens]

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[[Category:Ophrys|lutea]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of North Africa]]
[[Category:Flora of Western Asia]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles]]