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Orobanche cypria REUT. |
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Fam.: Orobanchaceae / Broomrape Fam.
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| Genus: Orobanche L. |
As the cypriotic scientist Yiannis Christofides communicated, the three endemic plants Thymus integer, Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus (leaves in the foreground), and Scutellaria cypria are the hosts of Orobanche cypria. |
| Authors: | |||
| Georges François Reuter (1805 - 1872), French botanist | |||
| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Orobanche: | orobos = pea, anchein = to retch | ||
| cypria: | from Cyprus | ||
| Thymus: | Greek plant name, from thyein = to immolate | ||
| integer: | entire | ||
| Pterocephalus: | pteron = wing, kephale = head | ||
| multiflorus: | many-flowered | ||
| Scutellaria: | scutellum = small label (flake at calyx) | ||
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