Month: November 2021

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Calicotome villosa

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Calicotome villosa. See image source here.

#55 They called me Calicotome villosa, also known as Cytisus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1808.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Turkey-in-Europe.

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Geniostoma rupestre

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Geniostoma rupestre. See image source here.

#54 They called me Geniostoma rupestre, also known as Geniostoma macgregorii, Geniostoma brassii, Geniostoma gilgii, and Geniostoma fleischmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Macgregor (I couldn’t find his records), Brass (I couldn’t find his records), Ernest Friedrich Gilg, and Fleischmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1776.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Sisyrinchium luzula

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Sisyrinchium luzula. See image source here.

#53 They called me Sisyrinchium luzula, also known as Sisyrinchium burchellii. I pay homage to the male botanist William John Burchell. They first catalogued me in 1861.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, and Paraguay.