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Morina
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.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Morina persica
speciesMorina persica
Himalayan Whorlflower
speciesMorina longifolia
Morina nepalensis
speciesMorina nepalensis
Morina alba
speciesMorina alba
Morina polyphylla
speciesMorina polyphylla
Morina kokonorica
speciesMorina kokonorica
Yellow Whorlflower
speciesMorina coulteriana
Morina kokanica
speciesMorina kokanica
Morina chinensis
speciesMorina chinensis
Morina parviflora
speciesMorina parviflora
Morina bracteata
speciesMorina bracteata
Morina chlorantha
speciesMorina chlorantha
Morina subinermis
speciesMorina subinermis
Morina ludlowii
speciesMorina ludlowii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 521171.