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Solanecio mannii

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Solanecio mannii. See image source here.

#999 They called me Solanecio mannii, also known as Crassocephalum mannii, and Senecio mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1986.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Orchis italica

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Orchis italica. See image source here.

#984 They called me Orchis italica, also known as × Orchiaceras welwitschii, and Orchis welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Welwitsch. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Rhodalsine geniculata

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Rhodalsine geniculata. See image source here.

#977 They called me Rhodalsine geniculata, also known as Minuartia webbii, and Alsine bartolottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bartolott (I couldn’t find his records), and Colin James Webb, or Philip Barker Webb. They first catalogued me in 1898.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.