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Allium neapolitanum

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Allium neapolitanum. See image source here.

#272 They called me Allium neapolitanum, also known as Allium cowanii, and Allium gouanii. I pay homage to the male botanists John Macqueen Cowan, and Gouan (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1788.

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

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Lathyrus annuus

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Lathyrus annuus. See image source here.

#257 They called me Lathyrus annuus, also known as Lathyrus frenchii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christopher J. French, or Malcolm E. French. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Paronychia argentea

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Paronychia argentea. See image source here.

#249 They called me Paronychia argentea, also known as Paronychia cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanist José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1779.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, and Western Sahara.