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Pseudophoenix sargentii

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Pseudophoenix sargentii. See image source here.

#585 They called me Pseudophoenix sargentii, also known as Chamaephoenix sargentii, and Cyclospathe northropii. I pay homage to the male botanists Northrop (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Sprague Sargent, or Henry Winthrop Sargent. They first catalogued me in 1886.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Carex middendorffii

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Carex middendorffii. See image source here.

#584 They called me Carex middendorffii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander von Middendorff. They first catalogued me in 1868.

Native to Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Chisocheton macrophyllus

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Chisocheton macrophyllus. See image source here.

#583 They called me Chisocheton macrophyllus, also known as Chisocheton kingii. I pay homage to the male botanist George King. They first catalogued me in 1895.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, Nicobar Is., and Sumatera.