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Hedypnois rhagadioloides

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Hedypnois rhagadioloides. See image source here.

#285 They called me Hedypnois rhagadioloides, also known as Hedypnois tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1795.

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

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Allium neapolitanum

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Allium neapolitanum. See image source here.

#272 They called me Allium neapolitanum, also known as Allium cowanii, and Allium gouanii. I pay homage to the male botanists John Macqueen Cowan, and Gouan (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1788.

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

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Lathyrus annuus

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Lathyrus annuus. See image source here.

#257 They called me Lathyrus annuus, also known as Lathyrus frenchii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christopher J. French, or Malcolm E. French. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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