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	Lomelosia minoana (P.H.DAVIS) GREUTER & BURDET

Synon.: Scabiosa minoana (P.H.DAVIS) GREUTER

Genus: Lomelosia RAF., Scabiosa L.

Lomelosia minoana originates from Crete

Authors:
	P.H.DAVIS:	Peter Hadland Davis (1918 - 1992), British botanist, author of Flora of Turkey
	GREUTER:	Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	BURDET:	Hervé Maurice Burdet (1939 - ), Swiss botanist
	RAF.:	Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783 - 1840), biologist in Europe and USA
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Lomelosia:	loma = fringe (faded flower)
	minoana:	Minoan, i.e. from Crete
	Scabiosa:	scabies = scabies (old medical plant)

Fig. 1: Lomelosia minoana / Minoan Scabious (cultiv.)
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 2: Lomelosia minoana / Minoan Scabious (cultiv.)
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 3: Lomelosia minoana / Minoan Scabious (cultiv.)
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 4: Lomelosia minoana / Minoan Scabious (cultiv.)
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 5: Lomelosia minoana / Minoan Scabious (cultiv.)
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 6: Lomelosia minoana / Minoan Scabious (cultiv.)
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

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