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Cyperus planifolius

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Cyperus planifolius. See image source here.

#280 They called me Cyperus planifolius, also known as Cyperus planifolius var. pickelii, Cyperus solmsii, and Cyperus krugii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pickel (I couldn’t find his records), Solms (I couldn’t find his records), and Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug. They first catalogued me in 1792.

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Solanum torvum

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Solanum torvum. See image source here.

#279 They called me Solanum torvum, also known as Solanum mannii, and Solanum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustav Mann, and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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Cordia dichotoma

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Cordia dichotoma. See image source here.

#278 They called me Cordia dichotoma, also known as Cordia brownii, Lithocardium griffithii, Cordia griffithii, Cordia wallichii, and Cordia obliqua var. wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1786.