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Parrya nudicaulis

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Parrya nudicaulis. See image source here.

#716 They called me Parrya nudicaulis, also known as Arabis gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1862.

Native to Afghanistan, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Buryatiya, Chita, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, and Yukon.

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Orobanche amethystea

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Orobanche amethystea. See image source here.

#709 They called me Orobanche amethystea, also known as Orobanche eryngii, and Orobanche knappii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eryng (I couldn’t find his records), and John Leonard Knapp. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Gagea lutea

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Gagea lutea. See image source here.

#694 They called me Gagea lutea, also known as Ornithoxanthum persoonii, and Ornithogalum persoonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Hendrik Persoon. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.