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	Centaurea attica  L. ex B.D.JACKS.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Centaurea  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	B.D.JACKS.:		Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846 - 1927), British botanist

Etymology:
	Centaurea:		Greek plant name, from the centaur Chiron
	attica:		from Attica (Greece)

Fig. 1:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

Fig. 2:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

Fig. 3:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

Fig. 4:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

Fig. 5:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

Fig. 6:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

Fig. 7:  Centaurea attica / Attica Knapweed GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

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