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Resin wrote:
leafylanes wrote:Probably ! But who gave the name ? Is there some litterature about this ?
Some motivation of description from the hand of the person calling this plant "muricatum".
Sorry, but explanation not really clear. Thanks !


William Aiton, in Hortus Kewensis 1: 250-251, 1789.

Copy from google books below - you'll need to understand Latin ;-)

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