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Polygonum aviculare

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Polygonum aviculare. See image source here.

#786 They called me Polygonum aviculare, also known as Polygonum meyenii, and Polygonum franktonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Frankton (I couldn’t find his records), and Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Manchuria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Brachypodium retusum

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Brachypodium retusum. See image source here.

#765 They called me Brachypodium retusum, also known as Brachypodium allionii, Brachypodium willkommii, Brachypodium hostii, Brachypodium plukenetii, and Bromus plukenetii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Nicolaus Thomas Host, and Leonard Plukenet. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Papaver rhoeas

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Papaver rhoeas. See image source here.

#722 They called me Papaver rhoeas, also known as Papaver fuchsii, Papaver pseudohaussknechtii, and Papaver osswaldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pseudohaussknecht (I couldn’t find his records), Osswald (I couldn’t find his records), and Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.