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Umbilicus horizontalis

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Umbilicus horizontalis. See image source here.

#566 They called me Umbilicus horizontalis, also known as Umbilicus rodriguezii. I pay homage to the male botanist Águedo Marrero Rodriguez. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Ephedra fragilis

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Ephedra fragilis. See image source here.

#537 They called me Ephedra fragilis, also known as Ephedra wettsteinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Wettstein, or Wolfgang Wettstein. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

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Sisymbrium orientale

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Sisymbrium orientale. See image source here.

#533 They called me Sisymbrium orientale, also known as Sisymbrium orientale subsp. gaussenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henri Marcel Gaussen. They first catalogued me in 1756.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.