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Lathyrus annuus

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Lathyrus annuus. See image source here.

#257 They called me Lathyrus annuus, also known as Lathyrus frenchii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christopher J. French, or Malcolm E. French. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Paronychia argentea

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Paronychia argentea. See image source here.

#249 They called me Paronychia argentea, also known as Paronychia cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanist José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1779.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, and Western Sahara.

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Orchis simia

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#230 They called me Orchis simia, also known as Orchis smithii. I pay homage to the male botanist James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1779.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, and Yugoslavia.