Month: December 2021

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Radinosiphon leptostachya

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Radinosiphon leptostachya. See image source here.

#83 They called me Radinosiphon leptostachya, also known as Radinosiphon cameronii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Kenneth Cameron. They first catalogued me in 1932.

Native to Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Microtis unifolia

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Microtis unifolia. See image source here.

#82 They called me Microtis unifolia, also known as Microtis holmesii, and Microtis banksii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edward Morell Holmes, and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tuamotu, Victoria, and Western Australia.

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Festuca lachenalii

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Festuca lachenalii. See image source here.

#81 They called me Festuca lachenalii, also known as Triticum lachenalii, Nardurus lachenalii, Nardurus morisonii, and Vulpia lachenalii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lachenal (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Morison. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.