Mücken-Händelwurz
The scientific binomial name of this plant was initially "Orchis conopsea", proposed by the Swedish naturalist and botanist Carl von Linné (1707–1778) in his ' of 1753. The name has been subsequently amended to the one currently accepted ("Gymnadenia conopsea"), by the British botanist Robert Brown (1773–1858) in 1813. In German, this plant is called ' or '; in French, is called ' or '; in Italy, it is called ' ("pink hand"); in Croatian, it is known under "".