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Agrostis gigantea

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#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.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.

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Centaurium pulchellum

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#342 They called me Centaurium pulchellum, also known as Centaurium hermannii, Erythraea gerardii, Centaurium pulchellum var. hermannii, Chironia vaillantii, Chironia gerardii, and Erythraea hermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Paul Hermann, John Gerard, and Sébastien Vaillant. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, and Yugoslavia.

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Juncus tenageia

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#337 They called me Juncus tenageia, also known as Tenageia vaillantii, and Juncus vaillantii. I pay homage to the male botanist Sébastien Vaillant. They first catalogued me in 1781.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.