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	Lomelosia prolifera  (L.) GREUTER & BURDET

APG-Fam.: Caprifoliaceae / Honeysuckle Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Dipsacaceae / Teasel Fam.

Genus:  Lomelosia  RAF.

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

Etymology:
	Lomelosia:		loma = fringe (faded flower)
	prolifera:		to develop brood

Fig. 1  ZOOM-PHOTO:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 2:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 3:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 4:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 5:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 6:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 7:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 8:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 9:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 10:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 11:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

Fig. 12:  Lomelosia prolifera / Carmel Daisy, Prolific Scabious Cyprus, Prov. Paphos, Episkopi 31.3.2025

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