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Silene uniflora

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Silene uniflora. See image source here.

#162 They called me Silene uniflora, also known as Silene bastardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Toussaint Bastard. They first catalogued me in 1794.

Native to Azores, Canary Is., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Madeira, North European Russi, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Selvagens, Spain, and Sweden.

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Malva multiflora

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Malva multiflora. See image source here.

#156 They called me Malva multiflora, also known as Lavatera cavanillesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Antonio José Cavanilles. They first catalogued me in 2005.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Aira praecox

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#152 They called me Aira praecox, also known as Aira 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 1753.

Native to Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.