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Euphorbia characias

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Euphorbia characias. See image source here.

#84 They called me Euphorbia characias, also known as Euphorbia cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanist José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Festuca lachenalii

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Festuca lachenalii. See image source here.

#81 They called me Festuca lachenalii, also known as Triticum lachenalii, Nardurus lachenalii, Nardurus morisonii, and Vulpia lachenalii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lachenal (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Morison. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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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.