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Phalaris paradoxa

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Phalaris paradoxa. See image source here.

#888 They called me Phalaris paradoxa, also known as Phalaris sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Quercus robur

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#882 They called me Quercus robur, also known as Quercus dalechampii f. piersii, Quercus fennessii, Quercus sieboldii, Quercus annenkowii, Quercus welandii, and Quercus tauzinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Dalechamp (I couldn’t find his records), Piers (I couldn’t find his records), Fenness (I couldn’t find his records), Annenkow (I couldn’t find his records), Weland (I couldn’t find his records), Tauzin (I couldn’t find his records), and Philipp Franz von Siebold, or Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Stachys germanica

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#876 They called me Stachys germanica, also known as Stachys nuttallii, Stachys riddellii, and Stachys fuchsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomas Nuttall, Riddell (I couldn’t find his records), and Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Morocco, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.