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Vicia hirsuta

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Vicia hirsuta. See image source here.

#292 They called me Vicia hirsuta, also known as Vicia taquetii, and Vicia mitchellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Taquet (I couldn’t find his records), and M. E. Mitchell, or John Mitchell. They first catalogued me in 1822.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, and Zaïre.

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Eleocharis pellucida

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Eleocharis pellucida. See image source here.

#291 They called me Eleocharis pellucida, also known as Scirpus thomsonii, and Eleocharis thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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Alternanthera brasiliana

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#290 They called me Alternanthera brasiliana, also known as Alternanthera brasiliana var. jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..