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Muscari neglectum

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Muscari neglectum. See image source here.

#578 They called me Muscari neglectum, also known as Etheiranthus jacquinii, Muscari elwesii, Botryanthus saulii, Muscari letourneuxii, Botryanthus strangwaysii, Muscari strangwaysii, Muscari vinyalsii, Muscari vandasii, Muscari conillii, and Muscari grossheimii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry John Elwes, Saul (I couldn’t find his records), Letourneux (I couldn’t find his records), Strangways (I couldn’t find his records), Vinyals (I couldn’t find his records), Vandas (I couldn’t find his records), Conill (I couldn’t find his records), Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Medicago littoralis

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Medicago littoralis. See image source here.

#576 They called me Medicago littoralis, also known as Medicago braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Echium angustifolium

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Echium angustifolium. See image source here.

#568 They called me Echium angustifolium, also known as Echium sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1768.

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