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Ephedra fragilis

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Ephedra fragilis. See image source here.

#537 They called me Ephedra fragilis, also known as Ephedra wettsteinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Wettstein, or Wolfgang Wettstein. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

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Sisymbrium orientale

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Sisymbrium orientale. See image source here.

#533 They called me Sisymbrium orientale, also known as Sisymbrium orientale subsp. gaussenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henri Marcel Gaussen. They first catalogued me in 1756.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.

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Genista canariensis

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Genista canariensis. See image source here.

#504 They called me Genista canariensis, also known as Cytisus hillebrandtii, Genista philippii, Genista hillebrandii, Teline hillebrandii, and Cytisus philippii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hillebrandt (I couldn’t find his records), Philipp (I couldn’t find his records), and William (Wilhelm) Hillebrand, or William Francis Hillebrand. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Canary Is..