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    Scabiosa hymettia  BOISS. & SPRUNER    
 

APG-Fam.: Caprifoliaceae / Honeysuckle Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Dipsacaceae / Teasel Fam.  

Synon.:  Lomelosia hymettia  (BOISS. & SPRUNER) GREUTER & BURDET

Genus:  Scabiosa  L.,  Lomelosia  RAF.
 

Authors:
   BOISS.:  Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 - 1885), Swiss botanist
   SPRUNER:  Wilhelm von Spruner (1805 - 1874), German military pharmacist and botanist from Bavaria
   GREUTER:  Werner Rodolfo Greuter (1938 - ), Swiss botanist
   BURDET:  Hervé Maurice Burdet (1939 - ), Swiss botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   RAF.:  Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783 - 1840), biologist in Europe and USA
 

Etymology:
   Scabiosa:   scabies = scabies (old medical plant)
   hymettia:   from Hymettos (Greece)
   Lomelosia:   loma = fringe (faded flower)
 

Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 1:  Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 2:  Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 3:  Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 4:  Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 5:  Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 6:  Scabiosa hymettia / Hymettos Scabious
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008

 


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