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	Calystegia silvatica  CHOISY

Fam.: Convolvulaceae / Bindweed Fam.

Synon.:  Convolvulus sylvestris  WALDST. & KIT.

Genus:  Calystegia  R.BR.,  Convolvulus  L.

Authors:
	CHOISY:		Jacques Denys Choisy (1799 - 1859), Swiss botanist
	WALDST.:		Franz de Paula Adam Norbert Wenzel Ludwig Valentin von Waldstein (1759 - 1823), Austrian botanist
	KIT.:		Pál Kitaibel (1757 - 1817), Hungarian botanist
	R.BR.:		Robert Brown (1773 - 1858), British botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Calystegia:		kalyx = calyx, stegein = to cover
	silvatica:		growing in wood
	Convolvulus:		convolvere = to wrap together, the name was used already by Plini
	sylvestris:		growing wild

Fig. 1:  Calystegia silvatica / Large Bindweed, Giant Bindweed I Liguria, Finalborgo 31.5.2013

Fig. 2:  Calystegia silvatica / Large Bindweed, Giant Bindweed I Liguria, Finalborgo 31.5.2013

Fig. 3:  Calystegia silvatica / Large Bindweed, Giant Bindweed I Liguria, Finalborgo 31.5.2013

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