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Parrya nudicaulis

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Parrya nudicaulis. See image source here.

#716 They called me Parrya nudicaulis, also known as Arabis 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 1862.

Native to Afghanistan, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Buryatiya, Chita, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, and Yukon.

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Orobanche amethystea

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Orobanche amethystea. See image source here.

#709 They called me Orobanche amethystea, also known as Orobanche eryngii, and Orobanche knappii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eryng (I couldn’t find his records), and John Leonard Knapp. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Schoenoplectiella juncoides

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Schoenoplectiella juncoides. See image source here.

#696 They called me Schoenoplectiella juncoides, also known as Scirpus rockii, and Schoenoplectiella juncoides var. rockii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Rock, or Howard Francis Leonard Rock. They first catalogued me in 2003.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Xinjiang.