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Alyssum pyrenaicum LAPEYR. |
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Fam.: Brassicaceae / Crucifers
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| Synon.: Ptilotrichum pyrenaicum WILLK., Hormathophylla pyrenaica (LAPEYR.) T.R.DUDLEY & CULLEN |
| Genus: Alyssum L., Ptilotrichum C.A.MEY., Hormathophylla CULLEN & T.R.DUDLEY |
| Authors: | |||
| Philippe Picot de Lapeyrouse (1744 - 1818), naturalist from Toulouse (France) | |||
| Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821 - 1895), German botanist | |||
| Theodore Robert Dudley (1936 - 1994), botanist in USA | |||
| James Cullen (1936 - 2013), British botanist | |||
| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Carl Anton (Andreevic) von Meyer (1795 - 1855), Russian botanist | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Alyssum: | Greek plant name | ||
| pyrenaicum: | from the Pyrenees | ||
| Ptilotrichum: | ptilon = feather, thrix = hair | ||
| Hormathophylla: | hormathos = string, phyllon = leaf | ||
| pyrenaica: | from the Pyrenees | ||
The Index Synonymique de la Flore de France (ISFF) mentions also Alyssum serpyllifolium subsp. serpyllifolium as synonyme, but I'm not sure about that, because there are also images in the web, which show a yellow flowered Alyssum under that name. | ||
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