Navigation	Search for a plant:
	Genus names can be abbreviated by 3 letters, e.g. tul cypria

	Fagonia cretica  L.

Fam.: Zygophyllaceae / Caltrop Fam.

Genus:  Fagonia  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Fagonia:		Guy Crescent Fagon (1638 - 1718), French physician and botanist
	cretica:		from Crete

Fig. 1:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Tunisia, Hammamet 20.3.1997

Fig. 2:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Paphos 4.1.1997

Fig. 3:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Paphos 4.1.1997

Fig. 4:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Petra tou Romiou 30.3.2025

Fig. 5:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Petra tou Romiou 30.3.2025

Fig. 6:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Petra tou Romiou 30.3.2025

Fig. 7:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Petra tou Romiou 30.3.2025

Fig. 8:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Kourion 29.3.2025

Fig. 9:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Cyprus, Kourion 29.3.2025

Fig. 10:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia (fruits) Cyprus, Kourion 29.3.2025

Fig. 11:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia (fruits) Cyprus, Kourion 29.3.2025

Fig. 12:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Majorca, Magaluf 1.5.2011

Fig. 13:  Fagonia cretica / Fagonia Majorca, Magaluf 1.5.2011

To top

Start page

Contents

Orchids

Other Plants

Plants acc. to Families

.. Relationship:

APG

trad.

.. Scientific Names

.. German Names

.. English Names

.. Bloom Colors

.. Flower Anatomy

.. Leaf Form

.. Regions

.. Photo Month

.. Fruits + Seed

.. Roots + Bulbs

Pest Infestation + Deformations

Trees

Bushes

Water Plants

Climbers + Twiners

Useful Pl.

Ornamental Pl.

Color Var.

Multiple Criteria

Biotopes + Groups

Botan.Links

Copyright: Use of the images and texts only with the author's written permission.