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Iris aitchisonii

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Iris aitchisonii. See image source here.

#746 They called me Iris aitchisonii, also known as Juno aitchisonii, and Xiphion aitchisonii. I pay homage to the male botanist James Edward Tierney Aitchison. They first catalogued me in 1882.

Native to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and West Himalaya.

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Orobanche alba

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Orobanche alba. See image source here.

#733 They called me Orobanche alba, also known as Orobanche wiedemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann. They first catalogued me in 1800.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.

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Papaver rhoeas

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Papaver rhoeas. See image source here.

#722 They called me Papaver rhoeas, also known as Papaver fuchsii, Papaver pseudohaussknechtii, and Papaver osswaldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pseudohaussknecht (I couldn’t find his records), Osswald (I couldn’t find his records), and Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.