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	Digitalis canariensis  L.

APG-Fam.: Plantaginaceae / Plantain Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.

Synon.:  Isoplexis canariensis  (L.) LOUDON

Genus:  Digitalis  L.,  Isoplexis  (LINDL.) LOUDON

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	LOUDON:		John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), Scottish botanist and landscape architect
	LINDL.:		John Lindley (1799 - 1865), English botanist at Kew

Etymology:
	Digitalis:		digitalis = thimble (blossom shape)
	canariensis:		from the Canary Islands
	Isoplexis:		isos = equal, plexis = stroke (crown split in two equal parts)

Fig. 1:  Digitalis canariensis / Canary Island Foxgloves Teneriffa, Anaga 1.1.2005

Fig. 2:  Digitalis canariensis / Canary Island Foxgloves Teneriffa, Anaga 1.1.2005

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