Month: September 2023

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Erycibe griffithii

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Erycibe griffithii. See image source here.

#711 They called me Erycibe griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1883.

Native to Andaman Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Gentiana jamesii

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Gentiana jamesii. See image source here.

#710 They called me Gentiana jamesii, also known as Ciminalis jamesii, Gentiana kawakamii, Gentianodes jamesii, and Varasia jamesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edwin P. James, and Kawakam (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Orobanche amethystea

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Orobanche amethystea. See image source here.

#709 They called me Orobanche amethystea, also known as Orobanche eryngii, and Orobanche knappii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eryng (I couldn’t find his records), and John Leonard Knapp. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.