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Maronea Afroalpina
Maronea may refer to: * ''Maronea'' (lichen), a genus of lichen in the family Fuscideaceae * Maroneia, a municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, Greece * Maroneia (Attica) a place in the south of the Attica peninsula, Greece. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maronea (lichen)
''Maronea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Fuscideaceae. The genus name of ''Maronea'' is in honour of Nicoló Marogna (1573-1643), who was an Italian teacher, Apothecary and botanist from Verona. The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ... in Flora vol.39 on page 291 in 1856. References Umbilicariales Lecanoromycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1856 Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo {{Lecanoromycetes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroneia
Maroneia ( el, Μαρώνεια) is a village and a former municipality in Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Maroneia-Sapes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 287.155 km2. Population 6,350 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Xylagani. History In legend, it was said to have been founded by Maron, a son of Dionysus, or even a companion of Osiris. According to Pseudo-Scymnus it was founded by Chios in the fourth year of the fifty-ninth Olympiad (540 BCE). According to Pliny, its ancient name was Ortagures or Ortagurea. It was located on the hill of Agios Charalampos, and archaeological findings date it as a much older and as a pure Thracian city. Herodotus says it belonged to the Cicones. Maroneia was close to the Ismaros mentioned by Homer in the ''Odyssey''. Some scholars identify Maroneia with his Ismaros. Homer has Odysseus plundering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
