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	Moraea mediterranea  GOLDBLATT

Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.

Synon.:  Gynandriris monophylla  BOISS. & HELDR. ex KLATT

Genus:  Moraea  MILL.,  Gynandriris  PARL.

Authors:
	GOLDBLATT:		Peter Goldblatt (1943 - ), South African botanist who is working in the USA
	BOISS.:		Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 - 1885), Swiss botanist
	HELDR.:		Theodor Heinrich von Heldreich (1822 - 1902), German botanist in Greece
	KLATT:		Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt (1825 - 1897), German botanist with main focus on African plants
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
	PARL.:		Filippo Parlatore (1816 - 1877), Italian botanist from Sicily

Etymology:
	Moraea:		Robert More (1703 - 1780), English traveller
	mediterranea:		from the Mediterranean
	Gynandriris:		woman, man (sexual organs seem to be grown together), genus Iris
	monophylla:		one-leaved

Fig. 1:  Moraea mediterranea / One-Leaved Nut Iris Crete, Vai 9.4.2015

Fig. 2:  Moraea mediterranea / One-Leaved Nut Iris Crete, Vai 9.4.2015

Fig. 3:  Moraea mediterranea / One-Leaved Nut Iris Crete, Preveli 3.4.2015

Fig. 4:  Moraea mediterranea / One-Leaved Nut Iris Crete, Pahia Ammos 9.4.1990

Fig. 5:  Moraea mediterranea / One-Leaved Nut Iris Crete, Pahia Ammos 9.4.1990

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