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Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
The term dianthus was coined by Greek botanist Theophrastus, and is derived from the Ancient Greek words for divine ("dios") and flower ("anthos"). [6] The name "carnation" is believed to come from the Latin corona, a "wreath, garland, chaplet, crown", [7] as it was one of the flowers used in Greek and Roman ceremonial crowns, or possibly from ...
This category includes the endemic and native plants of Greece. According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, this excludes Crete and the eastern Aegean Islands of the Dodecanese, Antipsara, Chios, Lesbos and Psara. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic
Anemone coronaria means crown anemone, referring to the central crown of the flower, evoking regal associations. The Arabic name is shaqa'iq An-Nu'man translated literally as the wounds, or "pieces", of Nu'man. [6] [7] A possible source of the name is An-Nu'man III Bin Al-Munthir, the last Lakhmid king of Al-Hirah (582–c.609 AD) and a ...
In Ancient Greece, it was a symbol of innocence and modesty. [citation needed] The Egyptian lotus is the national flower of Egypt. [7] Claire Waight Keller included the flower to represent Malawi in Meghan Markle's wedding veil, which included the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country. [8]
Cyclamen graecum, the Greek cyclamen, [2] is a perennial plant in the flowering plant family Primulaceae that grows from a tuber. It is native to southern Greece and Crete , [ 1 ] and is prized for its variable leaf forms, which include some of the most striking of any cyclamen .
Pages in category "National symbols of Greece" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Galanthus nivalis: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885. Galanthus (from Ancient Greek γάλα, (gála, "milk") + ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae.