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	Tuberaria lignosa  (SWEET) SAMP.

Fam.: Cistaceae / Rockrose Fam.

Synon.:  Xolantha tuberaria  (L.) GALLEGO, MUNOZ GARM. & C.NAVARRO

Genus:  Tuberaria  (DUNAL) SPACH,  Xolantha  RAF.

Authors:
	SWEET:		Robert Sweet (1783 - 1835), British botanist
	SAMP.:		Gonçalo António da Silva Ferreira Sampaio (1865 - 1937), Portuguese botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	GALLEGO:		María Jesús Gallego Cidoncha (1953 - ), Spanish botanist
	MUNOZ GARM.:		José Félix Muñoz Garmendia (1949 - ), Spanish botanist
	C.NAVARRO:		Carmen Navarro Aranda (1949 - ), Spanish botanist
	DUNAL:		Michel Félix Dunal (1789 - 1856), botanist at Montpellier (France)
	SPACH:		Édouard Spach (1801 - 1879), French botanist
	RAF.:		Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783 - 1840), biologist in Europe and USA

Etymology:
	Tuberaria:		tuber = bulb
	lignosa:		woody
	Xolantha:		xois = sickle, anthos = blossom
	tuberaria:		tuber = bulb

Fig. 1:  Tuberaria lignosa / Woody Rock-Rose F Maures, Le Luc 16.5.1996

Fig. 2:  Tuberaria lignosa / Woody Rock-Rose (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009

Fig. 3:  Tuberaria lignosa / Woody Rock-Rose (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009

Fig. 4:  Tuberaria lignosa / Woody Rock-Rose (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009

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