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	Rhaponticum coniferum  (L.) GREUTER

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Synon.:  Leuzea conifera  DC.

Genus:  Rhaponticum  LUDW.,  Leuzea  DC.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	GREUTER:		Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
	DC.:		Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778 - 1841), Swiss botanist
	LUDW.:		Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709 - 1773), German physician and botanist

Etymology:
	Rhaponticum:		withh Rhubarb-like leaves
	coniferum:		bearing cones
	Leuzea:		Joseph Philippe Francois de Leuze (1753 - 1835), French botanist

Fig. 1:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 2:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 3:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 4:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 5:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Rochefort-en-Valdaine 10.6.2006

Fig. 6:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Corbières 27.5.2005

Fig. 7:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Pyrenees, Molitg-les-Bains 24.7.2018

Fig. 8:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Pyrenees, Sougia 23.7.2018

Fig. 9:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed F Pyrenees, Sougia 23.7.2018

Fig. 10:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed E Usun 20.8.2011

Fig. 11:  Rhaponticum coniferum / Pine-cone Thistle, Cone Knapweed E Usun 20.8.2011

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