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Aira praecox

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#152 They called me Aira praecox, also known as Aira gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.

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Isolepis cernua

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#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.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kermadec Is., Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Oregon, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uruguay, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, and Yugoslavia.

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Daucus carota

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#49 They called me Daucus carota, also known as Daucus allionii, and Daucus kotovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and Mikhail Ivanovich Kotov. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.