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Calicotome villosa

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Calicotome villosa. See image source here.

#55 They called me Calicotome villosa, also known as Cytisus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1808.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Turkey-in-Europe.

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Crocus aleppicus

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Crocus aleppicus. See image source here.

#46 They called me Crocus aleppicus, also known as Crocus gaillardotii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Gaillardot. They first catalogued me in 1873.

Native to Lebanon-Syria, and Palestine.

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Phillyrea latifolia

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Phillyrea latifolia. See image source here.

#41 They called me Phillyrea latifolia, also known as Phillyrea latifolia subsp. daninii, Phillyrea latifolia var. rodriguezii, Phillyrea trabutii, Phillyrea angustifolia subsp. rodriguezii, Phillyrea cadevallii, Phillyrea jahandiezii, and Phillyrea latifolia subsp. rodriguezii. I pay homage to the male botanists Danin (I couldn’t find his records), Águedo Marrero Rodriguez, Trabut (I couldn’t find his records), Cadevall (I couldn’t find his records), and Jahandiez (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.