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means 'strap-tongue', after the shape of the flower labellum and the species epithet 'hircinum' means 'of goats', after the smell the flowers produce. In German the plant is known as 'Bocks
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382:mycorrhizal
378:H. hircinum
264:Description
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130:Subfamily:
124:Orchidaceae
114:Asparagales
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1330:Categories
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393:Orchinol
196:Synonyms
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