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Ophioglossum lusitanicum

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum. See image source here.

#106 They called me Ophioglossum lusitanicum, also known as Ophioglossum braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Isolepis cernua

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Isolepis cernua. See image source here.

#91 They called me Isolepis cernua, also known as Isolepis kochii, Scirpus setaceus var. savii, Schoenoplectus savii, Scirpus savii, Isolepis savii, Scirpus cernuus var. vahlii, and Cyperus aitonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sav (I couldn’t find his records), Martin Vahl, William Aiton, or William Townsend Aiton, and Karl Koch, Georg Friedrich Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, or Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. They first catalogued me in 1817.

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Euphorbia characias

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Euphorbia characias. See image source here.

#84 They called me Euphorbia characias, also known as Euphorbia cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanist José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1753.