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Orchis italica

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#984 They called me Orchis italica, also known as × Orchiaceras welwitschii, and Orchis welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Welwitsch. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Agrostis mannii

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#983 They called me Agrostis mannii, also known as Calamagrostis mannii, and Deyeuxia mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1889.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Anaphyllum wightii

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Anaphyllum wightii. See image source here.

#982 They called me Anaphyllum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1858.

Native to Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Gulf of Guinea Is..