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Vicia lutea

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Vicia lutea. See image source here.

#225 They called me Vicia lutea, also known as Vicia lutea subsp. cavanillesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Antonio José Cavanilles. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Noaea mucronata

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Noaea mucronata. See image source here.

#224 They called me Noaea mucronata, also known as Noaea tournefortii, Salsola tournefortii, and Anabasis tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1887.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

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Trigonella spruneriana

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Trigonella spruneriana. See image source here.

#210 They called me Trigonella spruneriana, also known as Trigonella sibthorpii, Trigonella spruneriana subsp. sibthorpii, Vicia sibthorpii, and Cracca sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1843.

Native to Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Turkmenistan.