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Dianthus legionensis (WILLK.) F.N.WILLIAMS | ![]() |
Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.
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Synon.: Dianthus scaber CHAIX subsp. cutandae (PAU) TUTIN |
Genus: Dianthus L. |
Authors: | |||
Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821 - 1895), German botanist | |||
Frederic Newton Williams (1862 - 1923), British botanist | |||
Dominique Chaix (1730 - 1799), French priest and botanist | |||
Carlos Pau (1857 - 1937), Spanish pharmacist and botanist | |||
Thomas Gaskell Tutin (1908 - 1987), English botanist | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Etymology: | |||
Dianthus: | dios = Zeus, anthos = blossom | ||
legionensis: | from Leon (Spain) | ||
scaber: | rough | ||
cutandae: | Vicente Cutanda y Jarauta (1804 - 1866), botanist in Madrid (Spain) | ||
Dianthus legionensis is growing on dry calcareous plateaus in the interior of Spain. The species was described from the province of Leon, but it occurs also more south and east. Other authors handled it as subspecies of Dianthus lusitanus, Dianthus scaber, and Dianthus toletanus. The bottom side of the petals is looking greenish. | ||
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