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Ornithogalum sigmoideum

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Ornithogalum sigmoideum. See image source here.

#972 They called me Ornithogalum sigmoideum, also known as Ornithogalum sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1896.

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Desmodium scorpiurus

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Desmodium scorpiurus. See image source here.

#956 They called me Desmodium scorpiurus, also known as Meibomia martensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg Matthias von Martens, or Martin Martens. They first catalogued me in 1825.

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Lotus cytisoides

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Lotus cytisoides. See image source here.

#950 They called me Lotus cytisoides, also known as Lotus allionii, and Lotus cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1753.