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Orobanche amethystea

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Orobanche amethystea. See image source here.

#709 They called me Orobanche amethystea, also known as Orobanche eryngii, and Orobanche knappii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eryng (I couldn’t find his records), and John Leonard Knapp. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Gagea lutea

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Gagea lutea. See image source here.

#694 They called me Gagea lutea, also known as Ornithoxanthum persoonii, and Ornithogalum persoonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Hendrik Persoon. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.

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Lathyrus nissolia

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Lathyrus nissolia. See image source here.

#686 They called me Lathyrus nissolia, also known as Lathyrus gouanii, Anurus nissolia subsp. futakii, Lathyrus gerardii, and Lathyrus nissolia subsp. futakii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gouan (I couldn’t find his records), Futak (I couldn’t find his records), and John Gerard. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.