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	Aristolochia cretica  LAM.

Fam.: Aristolochiaceae / Birthwort Fam.

Genus:  Aristolochia  L.

Authors:
	LAM.:		Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744 - 1829), French naturalist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Aristolochia:		aristos = very good, locheia = birth (ecbolic)
	cretica:		from Crete

Fig. 1:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 2:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 3:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 4:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 5:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 6:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 7:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 8:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 9:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 10:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 11:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 12:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 13:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort (pollinating fly) Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 14:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 15:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 16:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 17:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

Fig. 18:  Aristolochia cretica / Cretan Birthwort Crete, Zakros - Gorge 8.4.2015

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