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Vicia cracca

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Vicia cracca. See image source here.

#200 They called me Vicia cracca, also known as Vicia douglassii, and Vicia cracca subsp. grossheimii. I pay homage to the male botanists Douglass (I couldn’t find his records), and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Ranunculus repens

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#199 They called me Ranunculus repens, also known as Ranunculus schlechtendalii, Ranunculus repens f. schlechtendalii, Ranunculus clintonii, and Ranunculus belvisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, George William Clinton, and Belvis (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Aira praecox

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Aira praecox. See image source here.

#152 They called me Aira praecox, also known as Aira gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1753.