Month: June 2022

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Lathyrus annuus

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Lathyrus annuus. See image source here.

#257 They called me Lathyrus annuus, also known as Lathyrus frenchii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christopher J. French, or Malcolm E. French. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Hymenophyllum holochilum

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Hymenophyllum holochilum. See image source here.

#256 They called me Hymenophyllum holochilum, also known as Meringium merrillii, Hymenophyllum merrillii, Hymenophyllum boschii, and Hymenophyllum smithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch, and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1905.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Caledonia, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vanuatu.

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Passiflora andersonii

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Passiflora andersonii. See image source here.

#255 They called me Passiflora andersonii, also known as Tacsonia andersonii, and Decaloba andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Leeward Is., and Windward Is..