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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.

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Umbilicus horizontalis

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Umbilicus horizontalis. See image source here.

#566 They called me Umbilicus horizontalis, also known as Umbilicus rodriguezii. I pay homage to the male botanist Águedo Marrero Rodriguez. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Galanthus elwesii

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Galanthus elwesii. See image source here.

#564 They called me Galanthus elwesii, also known as Chianthemum elwesii, Galanthus gracilis subsp. baytopii, Galanthus elwesii subsp. wagenitzii, Galanthus elwesii subsp. baytopii, Galanthus elewesii, Galanthus elwesii subsp. yayintaschii, and Galanthus elwesii subsp. akmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry John Elwes, Baytop (I couldn’t find his records), Wagenitz (I couldn’t find his records), Elewes (I couldn’t find his records), Yayintasch (I couldn’t find his records), and Akman (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Albania, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.