Month: July 2023

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Festuca geniculata

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Festuca geniculata. See image source here.

#666 They called me Festuca geniculata, also known as Vulpia hackelii. I pay homage to the male botanist Eduard Hackel. They first catalogued me in 1803.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, France, Great Britain, Italy, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, and Tunisia.

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Poikilospermum suaveolens

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Poikilospermum suaveolens. See image source here.

#665 They called me Poikilospermum suaveolens, also known as Conocephalus roxburghii, and Poikilospermum gagnepainii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, and François Gagnepain. They first catalogued me in 1934.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Ipomoea aquatica

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Ipomoea aquatica. See image source here.

#664 They called me Ipomoea aquatica, also known as Convolvulus adansonii, Convolvulus clappertonii, Ipomoea clappertonii, and Ipomoea glenieii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michel Adanson, Bain Hugh Clapperton, and Glenie (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1775.

Native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.