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Morina
Sign in to saveMorina is a genus flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 14 species native to Eurasia, ranging from southeastern Europe through Western and Central Asia to the Himalayas, China, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. It is named in honor of Louis Morin de Saint-Victor (1635–1715), a French physician, botanist and meteorologist.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Morinoideae
- Image
- Morina longifolia 3.jpg
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- taxon name
- Morina
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Morina persica
- Commons category
- Morina
- topic's main category
- Category:Morina
- has fruit type
- achene
- different from
- morin
- taxon common name
- 刺续断属
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Morina is a genus flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 14 species native to Eurasia, ranging from southeastern Europe through Western and Central Asia to the Himalayas, China, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. It is named in honor of Louis Morin de Saint-Victor (1635–1715), a French physician, botanist and meteorologist.
It is unofficially the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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