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Ranunculus gracilis

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Ranunculus gracilis. See image source here.

#141 They called me Ranunculus gracilis, also known as Ranunculus agerii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Ager. They first catalogued me in 1813.

Native to Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Polygonum equisetiforme

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Polygonum equisetiforme. See image source here.

#138 They called me Polygonum equisetiforme, also known as Polygonum ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Western Sahara.

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Quercus pubescens

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Quercus pubescens. See image source here.

#118 They called me Quercus pubescens, also known as Quercus vukotinocicii, Quercus borzii, Quercus tommasinii, Quercus secondatii, and Quercus tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vukotinocic (I couldn’t find his records), Borz (I couldn’t find his records), Tommasin (I couldn’t find his records), Secondat (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1796.

Native to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.