a product of nature that deviates from the norm, a freak or mutant, usually as 'lusus naturae'
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The registered taxa included 177 plant species, six subspecies, eight varieties, 13 forms and one lusus.
Knežević Aleksa, Ljevnaić-Mašić Branka, Džigurski Dejana, Ćupina Branko 2012, 'Ecological analysis of plant cover of the permanent grassland ecosystem located inthe vicinity of Novi Kneževac, Serbia', Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvohttp://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1821-3944/2012/1821-39441201046K.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)