Devillers-Terschuren, J. & Devillers, P. 1992. Ophrys annae, a Sardinian species of the Ophrys episcopalis group. Summary. Natural. Belges 73 (Orchid. 5): 112.
The Sardinian orchid usually known as "Ophrys holoserica", and mostly characteristic of calcareous terrain in the north-west of the island, is described as a new species, Ophrys annae, considered as a western representative of the predominantly east Mediterranean Ophrys episcopalis group.