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Ophrys tenthredinifera

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Ophrys tenthredinifera. See image source here.

#15 They called me Ophrys tenthredinifera, also known as Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. guimaraesii, Ophrys tenthredinifera var. guimaraesii, Ophrys tenthredinifera f. choffatii, and Ophrys normanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Guimaraes (I couldn’t find his records), Choffat (I couldn’t find his records), and Cecil Norman, or George Norman. They first catalogued me in 1805.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Turkey-in-Europe.

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Solanum album

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#14 They called me Solanum album, also known as Solanum gaudichaudii, Solanum cavanillesii, Solanum jacquinii, Solanum macannii, Solanum cumingii, Solanum melongena subsp. cumingii, Solanum requienii, Solanum junghuhnii, Solanum vincentii, Solanum nelsonii, Solanum heynii, and Solanum kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Antonio José Cavanilles, Macann (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, Requien (I couldn’t find his records), Junghuhn (I couldn’t find his records), Vincent (I couldn’t find his records), Heyn (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz, and Cirilo Nelson, Carl Z. Nelson, Ernest Charles Nelson, Elias Emanuel Nelson, Erich Nelson, Edward William Nelson, Ira Schreiber Nelson, David Nelson, or Aven Nelson. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Uruguay.

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Plantago lanceolata

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#13 They called me Plantago lanceolata, also known as Plantago preslii, Plantago schottii, and Plantago linkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.