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    Aurinia saxatilis  (L.) DESV.  subsp. orientalis  (ARD.) T.R.DUDLEY    
 

Fam.: Brassicaceae / Crucifers  

Genus:  Aurinia  DESV.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   DESV.:  Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784 - 1856), French physician and botanist
   ARD.:  Pietro Arduino (1728 - 1805), Italian botanist
   T.R.DUDLEY:  Theodore Robert Dudley (1936 - 1994), botanist in USA
 

Etymology:
   Aurinia:   Albruna, a legendary figure: Germanic seeress
   saxatilis:   growing in rocks
   orientalis:   Eastern, from the Orient
 

Aurinia saxatilis and Aurinia sinuata can best be differed by the fruits: those of Aurinia saxatilis are flat while those of Aurinia sinuata are inflated.
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis has leaves with faintly and widely toothed edges and fruits with truncated or emarginate top, while the leaves of Aurinia saxatilis subsp. saxatilis are entire and the fruits roundish at the top.

 

Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Akrokorinth 3.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Fig. 1:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Akrokorinth 3.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 2:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 3:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 4:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 5:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 6:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Fig. 7:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Fig. 8:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Fig. 9:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Fig. 10:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Hymettos 20.3.2019
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008
Fig. 11:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008
Fig. 12:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, GR Zagoria, Monodendri 15.5.2008
Fig. 13:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
GR Zagoria, Monodendri 15.5.2008
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Chios Nea Moni 28.3.2016
Fig. 14:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum (with flat fruits)
Chios, Nea Moni 28.3.2016
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Chios Anavatos 28.3.2016
Fig. 15:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Chios, Anavatos 28.3.2016
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Chios Anavatos 28.3.2016
Fig. 16:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Chios, Anavatos 28.3.2016
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 17:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 18:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 19:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 20:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 21:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 22:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 23:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 24:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 25:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 26:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 27:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 28:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 29:  Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis / Basket of Gold, Goldentuft Alyssum
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017

 


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