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Iris pseudacorus

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Iris pseudacorus. See image source here.

#16 They called me Iris pseudacorus, also known as Iris bastardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Toussaint Bastard. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.

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Ophrys tenthredinifera

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Ophrys tenthredinifera. See image source here.

#15 They called me Ophrys tenthredinifera, also known as Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. guimaraesii, Ophrys tenthredinifera var. guimaraesii, Ophrys tenthredinifera f. choffatii, and Ophrys normanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Guimaraes (I couldn’t find his records), Choffat (I couldn’t find his records), and Cecil Norman, or George Norman. They first catalogued me in 1805.

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

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Plantago lanceolata

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Plantago lanceolata. See image source here.

#13 They called me Plantago lanceolata, also known as Plantago preslii, Plantago schottii, and Plantago linkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.