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Legousia hybrida

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Legousia hybrida. See image source here.

#159 They called me Legousia hybrida, also known as Legousia skvortsovii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexey Skvortsov. They first catalogued me in 1800.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Belgium, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Aira praecox

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#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.

Native to Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.

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Quercus pubescens

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#118 They called me Quercus pubescens, also known as Quercus vukotinocicii, Quercus borzii, Quercus tommasinii, Quercus secondatii, and Quercus tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vukotinocic (I couldn’t find his records), Borz (I couldn’t find his records), Tommasin (I couldn’t find his records), Secondat (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1796.

Native to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.