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Ophrys sphegodes

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Ophrys sphegodes. See image source here.

#196 They called me Ophrys sphegodes, also known as Ophrys sphegodes subsp. zeusii, Ophrys ruppertii, Ophrys fuchsii, Ophrys camusii, and Ophrys zeusii. I pay homage to the male botanists Zeus (I couldn’t find his records), Ruppert (I couldn’t find his records), Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs, and Giulio (Jules) Camus, or Edmond Gustave Camus. They first catalogued me in 1768.

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Lolium perenne

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Lolium perenne. See image source here.

#193 They called me Lolium perenne, also known as Lolium marschallii, Lolium trabutii, Lolium gmelinii, and Lolium perenne subsp. trabutii. I pay homage to the male botanists Marschall (I couldn’t find his records), Trabut (I couldn’t find his records), and Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Brachypodium sylvaticum

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Brachypodium sylvaticum. See image source here.

#192 They called me Brachypodium sylvaticum, also known as Brachypodium wattii, Brachypodium sylvaticum subsp. spryginii, Brachypodium fontanesii, and Brachypodium spryginii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sprygin (I couldn’t find his records), Fontanes (I couldn’t find his records), and George Watt, or David Allan Poe Watt. They first catalogued me in 1812.