Month: April 2023

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Echium angustifolium

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Echium angustifolium. See image source here.

#568 They called me Echium angustifolium, also known as Echium sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1768.

Native to Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, and Turkey.

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Draba magellanica

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Draba magellanica. See image source here.

#567 They called me Draba magellanica, also known as Draba saffordii, Draba chodatii, and Draba magellanica var. saffordii. I pay homage to the male botanists Safford (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Hippolyte Chodat. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile South, and Falkland Is..

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Umbilicus horizontalis

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Umbilicus horizontalis. See image source here.

#566 They called me Umbilicus horizontalis, also known as Umbilicus rodriguezii. I pay homage to the male botanist Águedo Marrero Rodriguez. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.