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Torilis africana

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#185 They called me Torilis africana, also known as Torilis hillebrandii. I pay homage to the male botanist William (Wilhelm) Hillebrand, or William Francis Hillebrand. They first catalogued me in 1815.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, North Caucasus, Portugal, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe.

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Lolium rigidum

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#174 They called me Lolium rigidum, also known as Lolium scholzii, and Lolium husnotii. I pay homage to the male botanists Scholz (I couldn’t find his records), and Pierre Tranquille Husnot. They first catalogued me in 1811.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., China North-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Abutilon indicum

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#112 They called me Abutilon indicum, also known as Abutilon cunninghamii, and Abutilon indicum var. welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanists Friedrich Welwitsch, and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Howland-Baker Is., India, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.