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	Moraea sisyrinchium  (L.) KER GAWL.

Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.

Synon.:  Gynandriris sisyrinchium  (L.) PARL.

Genus:  Moraea  MILL.,  Gynandriris  PARL.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	KER GAWL.:		John Bellenden Ker (John Gawler, 1764 - 1842), English botanist
	PARL.:		Filippo Parlatore (1816 - 1877), Italian botanist from Sicily
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener

Etymology:
	Moraea:		Robert More (1703 - 1780), English traveller
	sisyrinchium:		Greek plant name, actually pig's beak
	Gynandriris:		woman, man (sexual organs seem to be grown together), genus Iris

Fig. 1:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Crete, Lasithi 5.4.1990

Fig. 2:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Crete, Knossos 3.4.1990

Fig. 3:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Crete, Knossos 31.3.2015

Fig. 4:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Crete, Preveli 3.4.2015

Fig. 5:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Crete, Preveli 3.4.2015

Fig. 6:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Rhodos, Asklipio 24.3.2019

Fig. 7:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Tunisia, Kelibia 16.3.1997

Fig. 8:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Cyprus, Akamas 1.3.1997

Fig. 9:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Cyprus, Akamas 1.3.1997

Fig. 10:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Sicily, Passo delle Pantanelle 31.3.1998

Fig. 11:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Sardinia, Seui 18.5.2001

Fig. 12:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Sardinia, S. Antioco 9.4.2000

Fig. 13:  Moraea sisyrinchium / Barbary Nut Iris Lesbos, Sigri 14.4.2014

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