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Centaurium grandiflorum  DRUCE

Fam.: Gentianaceae / Gentian Fam.

Synon.:  Centaurium erythraea  RAFN  subsp. grandiflorum  (PERS.) MELDERIS

Genus:  Centaurium  HILL

Authors:
	DRUCE:		George Claridge Druce (1850 - 1932), English chemist and botanist
	RAFN:		Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769 - 1808), Danish civil servant and botanist
	PERS.:		Christian Hendrik Persoon (1761 - 1836), European mycologist and botanist
	MELDERIS:		Aleksandre Melderis (1909 - 1986), Latvian-English botanist
	HILL:		John Hill (1716 - 1775), English botanist

Etymology:
	Centaurium:		Greek plant name, from the centaur Chiron
	grandiflorum:		large-flowered
	erythraea:		reddish

Fig. 1:  Centaurium grandiflorum / Large-Flowered Centaury Sicily, Enna 18.4.2016 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

Fig. 2:  Centaurium grandiflorum / Large-Flowered Centaury Sicily, Enna 18.4.2016 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

Fig. 3:  Centaurium grandiflorum / Large-Flowered Centaury Sicily, Enna 18.4.2016 (Photo: Uwe & Katja Grabner)

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