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Silene chlorifolia

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#168 They called me Silene chlorifolia, also known as Silene smithii. I pay homage to the male botanist James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1789.

Native to East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Poa cookii

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#167 They called me Poa cookii, also known as Festuca cookii, and Poa hamiltonii. I pay homage to the male botanists James Cook, or Ian O. Cook, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1879.

Native to Crozet Is., Heard-McDonald Is., Kerguelen, Macquarie Is., and Marion-Prince Edward.

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Diplazium caudatum

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#166 They called me Diplazium caudatum, also known as Asplenium aitonii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Aiton, or William Townsend Aiton. They first catalogued me in 1964.

Native to Azores, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Madeira, and Spain.