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    Onopordum tauricum  WILLD.    
 

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.  

Genus:  Onopordum  L.
 

Authors:
   WILLD.:  Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Onopordum:   onos = donkey, porde = wind (flatulence)
   tauricum:   from Taurus mountains (Turkey)
 

Onopordum tauricum / Taurus Cotton Thistle, Lesbos Polichnitos 21.5.1995
Fig. 1:  Onopordum tauricum / Taurus Cotton Thistle
Lesbos, Polichnitos 21.5.1995

 


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