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	Tetraena alba  (L.F.) BEIER & THULIN

Fam.: Zygophyllaceae / Caltrop Fam.

Synon.:  Zygophyllum album  L.F.

Genus:  Tetraena  MAXIM.,  Zygophyllum  L.

Authors:
	L.F.:		Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus junior, 1741 - 1783), Swedish botanist, son of Linnaeus
	BEIER:		Björn-Axel Beier (1965 - ), Swedish botanist
	THULIN:		Mats Thulin (1948 - ), Swedish botanist at Uppsala
	MAXIM.:		Karl Johann Maximowicz (1827 - 1891), German-Russian botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Tetraena:		four-partite (fruit)
	alba:		white
	Zygophyllum:		zygon = yoke, phyllon = leaf

Fig. 1:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 2:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 3:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 4:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 5:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 6:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 7:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 8:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

Fig. 9:  Tetraena alba / White Sea Grape Cyprus, Akrotiri 23.3.2025

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