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Sisyrinchium mandonii

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Sisyrinchium mandonii. See image source here.

#186 They called me Sisyrinchium mandonii, also known as Bermudiana mandonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon. They first catalogued me in 1876.

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panamá, and Venezuela.

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Torilis africana

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Torilis africana. See image source here.

#185 They called me Torilis africana, also known as Torilis hillebrandii. I pay homage to the male botanist William (Wilhelm) Hillebrand, or William Francis Hillebrand. They first catalogued me in 1815.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, North Caucasus, Portugal, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe.

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Hymenophyllum pallidum

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Hymenophyllum pallidum. See image source here.

#184 They called me Hymenophyllum pallidum, also known as Trichomanes braunii, and Craspedoneuron braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 2006.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Hainan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marquesas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.