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Solanecio mannii

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Solanecio mannii. See image source here.

#999 They called me Solanecio mannii, also known as Crassocephalum mannii, and Senecio mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1986.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Mapania amplivaginata

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Mapania amplivaginata. See image source here.

#998 They called me Mapania amplivaginata, also known as Mapania mildbraedii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johannes Mildbraed. They first catalogued me in 1901.

Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Carex polystachya

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Carex polystachya. See image source here.

#997 They called me Carex polystachya, also known as Carex hartwegii, Carex cladostachya var. oerstedii, and Carex oerstedii. I pay homage to the male botanists Karl Theodor Hartweg, and Oersted (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1803.

Native to Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., and Nigeria.