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Solanum nigrum

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Solanum nigrum. See image source here.

#351 They called me Solanum nigrum, also known as Solanum tauschii, Solanum nigrum subsp. schultesii, Solanum schultesii, Solanum roxburghii, and Solanum salzmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Tausch (I couldn’t find his records), Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), William Roxburgh, and Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Agrostis gigantea

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Agrostis gigantea. See image source here.

#346 They called me Agrostis gigantea, also known as Agrostis virletii, Agrostis welwitschii, Agrostis widenii, Agrostis gigantea var. gouxii, Vilfa gaudichaudii, Agrostis zerovii, Agrostis kitaibelii, and Agrostis sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanists Virlet (I couldn’t find his records), Friedrich Welwitsch, Widen (I couldn’t find his records), Goux (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Zerov (I couldn’t find his records), Pál Kitaibel, and John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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Poa pratensis

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Poa pratensis. See image source here.

#268 They called me Poa pratensis, also known as Poa skrjabinii, Poa peckii, Poa maydellii, Poa brintnellii, Poa pratensis subsp. jordanii, Poa macounii, Poa pratensis subsp. skrjabinii, Poa nymannii, Poa todarii, Poa pratensis var. macounii, and Poa pratensis var. maydellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Skrjabin (I couldn’t find his records), Maydell (I couldn’t find his records), Brintnell (I couldn’t find his records), Gregory J. Jordan, John Macoun, Nymann (I couldn’t find his records), Todar (I couldn’t find his records), and Morton Eaton Peck, or William Dandridge Peck. They first catalogued me in 1753.