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Lysimachia atropurpurea  MURRAY

Fam.: Primulaceae / Primrose Fam.

Genus:  Lysimachia  L.

Authors:
	MURRAY:		Johan Andreas Murray (1740 - 1791), Swedish physician and botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Lysimachia:		Lysimachos (361 - 281 BC), officer of Alexander the Great
	atropurpurea:		dark purple

Fig. 1:  Lysimachia atropurpurea / Purple Loosestrife, Burgundy Goose-neck Loosestrife Lesbos, Agiasos 12.5.1995

Fig. 2:  Lysimachia atropurpurea / Purple Loosestrife, Burgundy Goose-neck Loosestrife Lesbos, Kalloni 14.5.1995

Fig. 3:  Lysimachia atropurpurea / Purple Loosestrife, Burgundy Goose-neck Loosestrife GR Zagoria, Kalpaki 16.5.2008

Fig. 4:  Lysimachia atropurpurea / Purple Loosestrife, Burgundy Goose-neck Loosestrife GR Zagoria, Kalpaki 16.5.2008

Fig. 5:  Lysimachia atropurpurea / Purple Loosestrife, Burgundy Goose-neck Loosestrife GR Zagoria, Kalpaki 16.5.2008

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