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Aegilops speltoides

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Aegilops speltoides. See image source here.

#571 They called me Aegilops speltoides, also known as Triticum tournefortii, and Agropyron tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1837.

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Vachellia macracantha

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Vachellia macracantha. See image source here.

#570 They called me Vachellia macracantha, also known as Acacia humboldtii, Poponax cowellii, and Acacia cowellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alexander von Humboldt, and Cowell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2006.

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Colchicum cilicicum

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Colchicum cilicicum. See image source here.

#569 They called me Colchicum cilicicum, also known as Colchicum parkinsonii, and Colchicum sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanists Charles Edward Parkinson, and John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1898.