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	Onopordum laconicum  HELDR. & SART. ex ROUY

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Onopordum  L.

Authors:
	HELDR.:		Theodor Heinrich von Heldreich (1822 - 1902), German botanist in Greece
	SART.:		Giovanni Battista Sartorelli (1780 - 1853), Italian botanist
	ROUY:		Georges C. Chr. Rouy (1851 - 1924), French 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)
	laconicum:		from Laconia in the south of the Peloponnese (Greece)

Fig. 1:  Onopordum laconicum / Laconian Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Kastania 28.5.2024

Fig. 2:  Onopordum laconicum / Laconian Cotton Thistle GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Kastania 28.5.2024

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