Tag: East Aegean Is.

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Aristolochia parvifolia

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Aristolochia parvifolia. See image source here.

#853 They called me Aristolochia parvifolia, also known as Aristolochia tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1816.

Native to Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, and Turkey.

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Limonium oleifolium

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Limonium oleifolium. See image source here.

#844 They called me Limonium oleifolium, also known as Statice smithii. I pay homage to the male botanist James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1768.

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

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Glebionis coronaria

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Glebionis coronaria. See image source here.

#837 They called me Glebionis coronaria, also known as Glebionis roxburghii, and Chrysanthemum roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.