Morina

For other uses, see Morina (disambiguation).
Morina
Inflorescence of M. longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Morina
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Species

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Morina is a genus of the angiosperm family Caprifoliaceae.[1] 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.[2]

Species

References

  1. "Morina", The Plant List (version 1.1), retrieved 2014-09-19
  2. Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2


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