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	Dracunculus muscivorus  PARL.

Fam.: Araceae / Arum Fam.

Synon.:  Helicodiceros muscivorus  ENGL.

Genus:  Dracunculus  ADANS.,  Helicodiceros  SCHOTT

Authors:
	PARL.:		Filippo Parlatore (1816 - 1877), Italian botanist from Sicily
	ENGL.:		Adolf Engler (1844 - 1930), German botanist
	ADANS.:		Michel Adanson (1727 - 1806), French botanist of Scottish descent
	SCHOTT:		Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794 - 1865), Austrian botanist

Etymology:
	Dracunculus:		diminutive of draco = dragon
	muscivorus:		catching flies
	Helicodiceros:		helix = spiral, dis = two, keros = horn

Fig. 1:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 2:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 3:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 4:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 5:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 6:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 7:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 10.4.2012

Fig. 8:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Cap Formentor 24.4.2011

Fig. 9:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Soller Botan. Gar. 23.4.2011

Fig. 10:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Soller Botan. Gar. 23.4.2011

Fig. 11:  Dracunculus muscivorus / Dead Horse Arum Majorca, Soller Botan. Gar. 4.4.2012

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