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Anacamptis is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae); it is often abbreviated as Ant in horticulture. This genus was established by Louis Claude Richard in 1817; the type species is the pyramidal orchid (A. pyramidalis) and it nowadays contains about one-third of the species placed in the "wastebin genus" Orchis before this was split up at the end of the 20th century, among them many that are of hybrid origin. The genus' scientific name is derived from the Greek word anakamptein, meaning "to bend backwards".
These terrestrial orchids occur on grasslands, limestone or chalk deposits, or on dunes in Eurasia, from the Mediterranean region to Central Asia.
Fan Lipped Orchid · Bug Orchid · Anacamptis israelitica · Loose-flowered orchid · Long-spurred orchid · Syrian Green Winged Orchid · Green-winged Orchid · Eurasian Marsh Orchid · Butterfly orchid · Pyramidal orchid · Holy Orchid
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