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Koeleria vallesiana

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Koeleria vallesiana. See image source here.

#108 They called me Koeleria vallesiana, also known as Koeleria linkii, Koeleria borbasii, Koeleria skorpilii, and Koeleria mitrushii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Borbas (I couldn’t find his records), Skorpil (I couldn’t find his records), and Mitrush (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1808.

Native to Algeria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Tunisia.

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Cocculus orbiculatus

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Cocculus orbiculatus. See image source here.

#107 They called me Cocculus orbiculatus, also known as Cocculus thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, Hawaii, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Nepal, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tubuai Is., and Vietnam.

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum. See image source here.

#106 They called me Ophioglossum lusitanicum, also known as Ophioglossum braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia.