Month: April 2024

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Scleria eggersiana

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Scleria eggersiana. See image source here.

#922 They called me Scleria eggersiana, also known as Scleria grisebachii. I pay homage to the male botanist August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Crotalaria albida

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Crotalaria albida. See image source here.

#921 They called me Crotalaria albida, also known as Crotalaria vogelii, Crotalaria grahamii, and Crotalaria galeottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vogel (I couldn’t find his records), Robert Graham, and Galeott (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1821.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Viburnum sargentii

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Viburnum sargentii. See image source here.

#920 They called me Viburnum sargentii, also known as Viburnum opulus var. sargentii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Sprague Sargent, or Henry Winthrop Sargent. They first catalogued me in 1899.

Native to Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, and Sakhalin.