Month: November 2021

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Crocus fleischeri

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Crocus fleischeri. See image source here.

#37 They called me Crocus fleischeri, also known as Crocus sennii, and Crocus kirkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Senn (I couldn’t find his records), and Thomas Kirk. They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to East Aegean Is., and Turkey.

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Thalassia hemprichii

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Thalassia hemprichii. See image source here.

#36 They called me Thalassia hemprichii. I pay homage to the male botanist Wilhelm Hemprich. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia, and Yemen.

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Babiana nervosa

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Babiana nervosa. See image source here.

#35 They called me Babiana nervosa, also known as Gladiolus lamarckii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. They first catalogued me in 2014.

Native to Cape Provinces.