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Calicotome villosa

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Calicotome villosa. See image source here.

#55 They called me Calicotome villosa, also known as Cytisus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1808.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Turkey-in-Europe.

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Daucus carota

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Daucus carota. See image source here.

#49 They called me Daucus carota, also known as Daucus allionii, and Daucus kotovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and Mikhail Ivanovich Kotov. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.

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Aethionema arabicum

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Aethionema arabicum. See image source here.

#42 They called me Aethionema arabicum, also known as Aethionema buxbaumii, and Thlaspi buxbaumii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Buxbaum. They first catalogued me in 1821.

Native to Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey, and Turkey-in-Europe.