Morina
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Morina is a genus
of the angiosperm family Morinaceae
. It is the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
. Morina is named in honor of Louis-Pierre Morin (1635–1715), a french physician and botanist.
Morina is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the angiosperm family Morinaceae
Morinaceae
Morinaceae is a family of plants in the order Dipsacales. The Genus Morina has also been included in family Dipsacaceae. Currently three genera are listed in this family:* Acanthocalyx* Cryptothladia* Morina-References:...
. It is the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Morina is named in honor of Louis-Pierre Morin (1635–1715), a french physician and botanist.