| 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
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            in Supl. Ci. Bol. Inst. Estud. Asturianos 16: 194. 1973 | 
                          
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | 
                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| 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. | 
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Micropus discolor Pers. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Micropus bombicinus Lag. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Micropus erectus subsp. bombicinus (Lag.) Rouy | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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							  			Invalid designations:
							  		
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								Micropus erectus subsp. discolor, des. inval. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Misapplied names:
				
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                            "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: | 
		
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		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  ?AE(G) Ag Bl(I M) Cy Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) It -Le Li Ma Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) |