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	Rhinanthus alectorolophus  (SCOP.) POLLICH

APG-Fam.: Orobanchaceae / Broomrape Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Fam.

Genus:  Rhinanthus  L.

Authors:
	SCOP.:		Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723 - 1788), Tyrolian physician and naturalist
	POLLICH:		Johann Adam Pollich (1741 - 1780), botanist from Palatinate (Germany)
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Rhinanthus:		rhinos = nose, anthos = blossom
	alectorolophus:		alektor = tail, lophos = cockscomb

Fig. 1:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Oberstdorf 22.6.2011

Fig. 2:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Oberstdorf 22.6.2011

Fig. 3:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Rhön, Wasserkuppe 6.7.2013

Fig. 4:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Rhön, Wasserkuppe 6.7.2013

Fig. 5:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Gimbsheim 23.5.2014

Fig. 6:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Gimbsheim 23.5.2014

Fig. 7:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Hemsbach 27.5.2014

Fig. 8:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Hemsbach 27.5.2014

Fig. 9:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Groß-Gerau 6.6.2014

Fig. 10:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Groß-Gerau 6.6.2014

Fig. 11:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle D Bruchsal 11.5.2006

Fig. 12:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 13:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle F Serres 10.6.2006

Fig. 14:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016

Fig. 15:  Rhinanthus alectorolophus / Greater Yellow-Rattle F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016

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