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	Pallenis spinosa  (L.) CASS.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Pallenis  CASS.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	CASS.:		Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781 - 1832), French botanist

Etymology:
	Pallenis:		palea = chaff (bottom of fruit)
	spinosa:		spiny

Fig. 1:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis F Corbières 27.5.2005

Fig. 2:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis F Pyrenees, Prades 14.5.2007

Fig. 3:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis E Zumaia 16.8.2011

Fig. 4:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis I Passignano 1.6.2007

Fig. 5:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Lesbos, Molyvos 19.4.2014

Fig. 6:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis GR Porto Rafti 21.5.2008

Fig. 7:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019

Fig. 8:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Rhodos, Prasonisi 26.3.2019

Fig. 9:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987

Fig. 10:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Rhodos, Kallithea Terme 25.4.1987

Fig. 11:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Rhodos, Lahania 3.4.2019

Fig. 12:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Rhodos, Lahania 3.4.2019

Fig. 13:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Samos, Spatharei 17.4.2017

Fig. 14:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Samos, Spatharei 17.4.2017

Fig. 15:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Cyprus, Kato Archimandrita 1.4.2025

Fig. 16:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Cyprus, Kato Archimandrita 1.4.2025

Fig. 17:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Cyprus, Kato Archimandrita 1.4.2025

Fig. 18:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Croatia, Istria, Premantura 30.5.2006

Fig. 19:  Pallenis spinosa / Pallensis Teneriffa, El Conde 12.2.1989

Fig. 20:  Pallenis spinosa ? / Pallensis Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015

Fig. 21:  Pallenis spinosa ? / Pallensis Crete, Arhanes, Jouhtas 30.3.2015

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