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	Merendera pyrenaica  STEUD.

Fam. tradit.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam.       APG: Colchicaceae / Autumn Crocus Fam.

Synon.:  Merendera montana  (L.) LANGE,  Colchicum montanum  L.

Genus:  Merendera  RAMOND,  Colchicum  L.

Authors:
	STEUD.:		Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783 - 1856), German physician and botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	LANGE:		Johan Martin Christian Lange (1818 - 1898), Danish botanist
	RAMOND:		Louis François Elisabeth Ramond de Carbonnière (1753 - 1827), French botanist who explored the Pyrenees

Etymology:
	Merendera:		Spanish name of the Meadow Saffron Colchicum autumnale
	pyrenaica:		from the Pyrenees
	montana:		growing in mountain
	Colchicum:		from Colchis at the Black Sea, in Greek mythology the land of the poisoners
	montanum:		growing in mountain

Fig. 1:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 2:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 3:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 4:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 5:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 6:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 7:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 8:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 9:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 10:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 11:  Merendera pyrenaica / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

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