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Orobanche alba

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Orobanche alba. See image source here.

#733 They called me Orobanche alba, also known as Orobanche wiedemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann. They first catalogued me in 1800.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.

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Papaver rhoeas

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Papaver rhoeas. See image source here.

#722 They called me Papaver rhoeas, also known as Papaver fuchsii, Papaver pseudohaussknechtii, and Papaver osswaldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pseudohaussknecht (I couldn’t find his records), Osswald (I couldn’t find his records), and Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.

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Trachyspermum ammi

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Trachyspermum ammi. See image source here.

#720 They called me Trachyspermum ammi, also known as Seseli gilliesii, Deverra korolkowii, Pituranthos korolkowii, and Carum korolkowii. I pay homage to the male botanists John Gillies, and Korolkow (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1929.

Native to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and West Himalaya.