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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.

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Tephrosia purpurea

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Tephrosia purpurea. See image source here.

#874 They called me Tephrosia purpurea, also known as Tephrosia hamiltonii, Tephrosia taylorii, Tephrosia wallichii, Cracca wallichii, Tephrosia mitchellii, Tephrosia schweinfurthii, Tephrosia franchetii, Galega haynii, Galega heynii, and Tephrosia grahamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Georg August Schweinfurth, Adrien René Franchet, Hayn (I couldn’t find his records), Heyn (I couldn’t find his records), Robert Graham, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, M. E. Mitchell, or John Mitchell, William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton, and Sir George Taylor, Nigel Paul Taylor, Norman Taylor, or William Randolph Taylor. They first catalogued me in 1807.

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Glebionis coronaria

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Glebionis coronaria. See image source here.

#837 They called me Glebionis coronaria, also known as Glebionis roxburghii, and Chrysanthemum roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.