Month: November 2021

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Daucus carota

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Daucus carota. See image source here.

#49 They called me Daucus carota, also known as Daucus allionii, and Daucus kotovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and Mikhail Ivanovich Kotov. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.

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Gladiolus woodii

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Gladiolus woodii. See image source here.

#48 They called me Gladiolus woodii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Medley Wood, Geoffrey H.S. Wood, Howard Page Wood, Alphonso Wood, or William Wood. They first catalogued me in 1892.

Native to Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, and Swaziland.

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Gladiolus sericeovillosus

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Gladiolus sericeovillosus. See image source here.

#47 They called me Gladiolus sericeovillosus, also known as Gladiolus ludwigii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Friedrich Ludwig. They first catalogued me in 1864.

Native to Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.