Genus Tribulus
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Short etymology:
La. tribulus = three-pointed, a caltrop, originally, a Roman weapon used against cavalry, containing three prongs and a fourth projecting upward. The fruit has four or five hard, single-seeded nutlets, each of which bear two or three sharp spines.
Scientific name:
Tribulus L.
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NE
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1: 386-387 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Observations of Taxon
Tribulus pterophorus
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Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
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Date observed unknown
Tribulus cristatus
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Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
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Date observed unknown
Tribulus cristatus
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Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
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Date observed unknown
Tribulus terrestris
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Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
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Date observed unknown
Tribulus pterophorus
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Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown