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	Onopordum bracteatum  BOISS. & HELDR.  subsp. myriacanthum  (BOISS.) FRANCO

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Synon.:  Onopordum myriacanthum  BOISS.

Genus:  Onopordum  L.

Authors:
	BOISS.:		Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 - 1885), Swiss botanist
	HELDR.:		Theodor Heinrich von Heldreich (1822 - 1902), German botanist in Greece
	FRANCO:		João Manuel Antonio do Amaral Franco (1921 - 2009), Portuguese botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Onopordum:		onos = donkey, porde = wind (flatulence)
	bracteatum:		with large bracts
	myriacanthum:		with many spines

Fig. 1:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Diakopto 20.5.2024

Fig. 2:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Diakopto 20.5.2024

Fig. 3:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle (in bud) GR Peloponnes, Diakopto 20.5.2024

Fig. 4:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Diakopto 20.5.2024

Fig. 5:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Diakopto 20.5.2024

Fig. 6:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Saitas 19.5.2024

Fig. 7:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Saitas 19.5.2024

Fig. 8:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Saitas 19.5.2024

Fig. 9:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Saitas 19.5.2024

Fig. 10:  Onopordum bracteatum subsp. myriacanthum / Myriacanth Branched Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Saitas 19.5.2024

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