Month: August 2023

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Gagea lutea

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Gagea lutea. See image source here.

#694 They called me Gagea lutea, also known as Ornithoxanthum persoonii, and Ornithogalum persoonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Hendrik Persoon. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.

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Epilobium hornemannii

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Epilobium hornemannii. See image source here.

#693 They called me Epilobium hornemannii, also known as Epilobium alsineifolium var. hornemannii, and Epilobium schmidtii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jens Wilken Hornemann, and Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt. They first catalogued me in 1838.

Native to Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Sakhalin, South Dakota, Sweden, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Yukon.

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Rorippa indica

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Rorippa indica. See image source here.

#692 They called me Rorippa indica, also known as Cardamine lamontii. I pay homage to the male botanist Eric E. Lamont. They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qinghai, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, and Zaïre.