Morina

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 Morin de Saint-Victor (1635–1715), a French physician, botanist and meteorologist.[2]

Morina
Inflorescence of M. longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Morinoideae
Genus: Morina
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Species

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Species

  • Morina couteriana
  • Morina longifolia
  • Morina persica
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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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