| Source: | Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Bombycilaena discolor (Pers.) M. Laínz | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | in Supl. Ci. Bol. Inst. Estud. Asturianos 16: 194. 1973 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Asterales
 Familia - Compositae Giseke
 Tribus - Gnaphalieae Lecoq & Juillet
 Genus - Bombycilaena Smoljan.
 
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		| Basionym: | Micropus discolor Pers. | 
                          
                          
                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Micropus discolor Pers. | 
                          
                          
                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Micropus bombicinus Lag. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Micropus erectus subsp. bombicinus (Lag.) Rouy | 
                          
                          
                            | Invalid designations: | Micropus erectus subsp. discolor, des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            | Misapplied names: | "Micropus erectus" sec. Osorio-Tafall, B. H. & Serafim, G. M. - List of the vascular plants of Cyprus Nicosia 1973. | 
 
						  
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		| Common names: | Cotonnière discolore (French), Micrope de deux couleurs (French), Micrope discolore (French), بُـمْبيسِلينا ثُنائيَّة اللَّوْن (Arabic), Bombycilène de deux couleurs (French), Micrope Ver-à-soie (French)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | ?AE(G) Ag Bl(I M) Cy Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) It -Le Li Ma Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) |