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Polygonum equisetiforme

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Polygonum equisetiforme. See image source here.

#138 They called me Polygonum equisetiforme, also known as Polygonum ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Western Sahara.

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum. See image source here.

#106 They called me Ophioglossum lusitanicum, also known as Ophioglossum braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia.

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Isolepis cernua

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#91 They called me Isolepis cernua, also known as Isolepis kochii, Scirpus setaceus var. savii, Schoenoplectus savii, Scirpus savii, Isolepis savii, Scirpus cernuus var. vahlii, and Cyperus aitonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sav (I couldn’t find his records), Martin Vahl, William Aiton, or William Townsend Aiton, and Karl Koch, Georg Friedrich Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, or Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kermadec Is., Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Oregon, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uruguay, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, and Yugoslavia.