Rosemary - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

Rosmarinus officinalis is one of 2-4 species in the genus Rosmarinus'. The other species most often recognized is the closely related, Rosmarinus eriocalyx, of the Maghreb of Africa and Iberia. The genus was named by the 18th-century naturalist and founding taxonomist Carolus Linnaeus.

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