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Solanum nigrum

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Solanum nigrum. See image source here.

#351 They called me Solanum nigrum, also known as Solanum tauschii, Solanum nigrum subsp. schultesii, Solanum schultesii, Solanum roxburghii, and Solanum salzmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Tausch (I couldn’t find his records), Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), William Roxburgh, and Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Agrostis gigantea

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Agrostis gigantea. See image source here.

#346 They called me Agrostis gigantea, also known as Agrostis virletii, Agrostis welwitschii, Agrostis widenii, Agrostis gigantea var. gouxii, Vilfa gaudichaudii, Agrostis zerovii, Agrostis kitaibelii, and Agrostis sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanists Virlet (I couldn’t find his records), Friedrich Welwitsch, Widen (I couldn’t find his records), Goux (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Zerov (I couldn’t find his records), Pál Kitaibel, and John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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Centaurium pulchellum

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Centaurium pulchellum. See image source here.

#342 They called me Centaurium pulchellum, also known as Centaurium hermannii, Erythraea gerardii, Centaurium pulchellum var. hermannii, Chironia vaillantii, Chironia gerardii, and Erythraea hermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Paul Hermann, John Gerard, and Sébastien Vaillant. They first catalogued me in 1906.