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Torilis africana

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#185 They called me Torilis africana, also known as Torilis hillebrandii. I pay homage to the male botanist William (Wilhelm) Hillebrand, or William Francis Hillebrand. They first catalogued me in 1815.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, North Caucasus, Portugal, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe.

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Lolium rigidum

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#174 They called me Lolium rigidum, also known as Lolium scholzii, and Lolium husnotii. I pay homage to the male botanists Scholz (I couldn’t find his records), and Pierre Tranquille Husnot. They first catalogued me in 1811.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., China North-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Sagina maritima

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#163 They called me Sagina maritima, also known as Sagina rodriguezii, Sagina schiraevskii, and Sagina thiebautii. I pay homage to the male botanists Águedo Marrero Rodriguez, Schiraevsk (I couldn’t find his records), and Thiebaut (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1806.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.