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Polygonum equisetiforme

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Polygonum equisetiforme. See image source here.

#138 They called me Polygonum equisetiforme, also known as Polygonum ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Western Sahara.

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Plantago subulata

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Plantago subulata. See image source here.

#137 They called me Plantago subulata, also known as Plantago wulfenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Xavier von Wulfen, or Franz Xaver von Wulfen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Quercus pubescens

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Quercus pubescens. See image source here.

#118 They called me Quercus pubescens, also known as Quercus vukotinocicii, Quercus borzii, Quercus tommasinii, Quercus secondatii, and Quercus tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vukotinocic (I couldn’t find his records), Borz (I couldn’t find his records), Tommasin (I couldn’t find his records), Secondat (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1796.

Native to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.