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Pomatocalpa marsupiale

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Pomatocalpa marsupiale. See image source here.

#976 They called me Pomatocalpa marsupiale, also known as Cleisostoma koordersii, Saccolabium koordersii, and Pomatocalpa koordersii. I pay homage to the male botanist Sijfert Hendrik Koorders. They first catalogued me in 1913.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

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Anthemis arvensis

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Anthemis arvensis. See image source here.

#933 They called me Anthemis arvensis, also known as Anthemis haynaldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Cardinal Stephan Franz Lajos (Ludwig) Haynald. They first catalogued me in 1975.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Phalaris paradoxa

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Phalaris paradoxa. See image source here.

#888 They called me Phalaris paradoxa, also known as Phalaris sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.