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Aira praecox

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Aira praecox. See image source here.

#152 They called me Aira praecox, also known as Aira gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Daucus carota

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Daucus carota. See image source here.

#49 They called me Daucus carota, also known as Daucus allionii, and Daucus kotovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and Mikhail Ivanovich Kotov. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Ranunculus tuberosus

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Ranunculus tuberosus. See image source here.

#27 They called me Ranunculus tuberosus, also known as Ranunculus lecokii, Ranunculus crantzii, Ranunculus delacourii, and Ranunculus amansii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lecok (I couldn’t find his records), Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Delacour (I couldn’t find his records), and Amans (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1813.