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Phillyrea latifolia

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#41 They called me Phillyrea latifolia, also known as Phillyrea latifolia subsp. daninii, Phillyrea latifolia var. rodriguezii, Phillyrea trabutii, Phillyrea angustifolia subsp. rodriguezii, Phillyrea cadevallii, Phillyrea jahandiezii, and Phillyrea latifolia subsp. rodriguezii. I pay homage to the male botanists Danin (I couldn’t find his records), Águedo Marrero Rodriguez, Trabut (I couldn’t find his records), Cadevall (I couldn’t find his records), and Jahandiez (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

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

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Ranunculus tuberosus

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Ranunculus tuberosus. See image source here.

#27 They called me Ranunculus tuberosus, also known as Ranunculus lecokii, Ranunculus crantzii, Ranunculus delacourii, and Ranunculus amansii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lecok (I couldn’t find his records), Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Delacour (I couldn’t find his records), and Amans (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1813.

Native to Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Crocus tournefortii

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#26 They called me Crocus tournefortii, also known as Crocus boryi subsp. tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1831.

Native to East Aegean Is., Greece, and Kriti.