Morina
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For other uses, see Morina (disambiguation).
| Morina | |
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| Inflorescence of M. longifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Morinaceae |
| Genus: | Morina L. |
| Species | |
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Morina is a genus of the angiosperm family Morinaceae. It is unofficially the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Morina is named in honor of Louis-Pierre Morin (1635–1715), a French physician and botanist.[1]
Species
- Morina couteriana
- Morina longifolia
- Morina persica
References
- ↑ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
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