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Galinsoga quadriradiata

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Galinsoga quadriradiata. See image source here.

#953 They called me Galinsoga quadriradiata, also known as Galinsoga humboldtii, and Stemmatella lehmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alexander von Humboldt, and Lehmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Rhynchospora rubra

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Rhynchospora rubra. See image source here.

#952 They called me Rhynchospora rubra, also known as Sphaeroschoenus wallichii, Rhynchospora wallichii, and Morisia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Ipomoea fimbriosepala

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Ipomoea fimbriosepala. See image source here.

#951 They called me Ipomoea fimbriosepala, also known as Ipomoea smithii, and Ipomoea gilletii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gillet (I couldn’t find his records), and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam.