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Taeniophyllum fasciola

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#153 They called me Taeniophyllum fasciola, also known as Taeniophyllum seemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Berthold Carl Seemann, or Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann. They first catalogued me in 1862.

Native to Cook Is., Fiji, Marianas, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Aira praecox

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#152 They called me Aira praecox, also known as Aira gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.

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Halodule wrightii

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#151 They called me Halodule wrightii, also known as Diplanthera wrightii, and Diplanthera dawsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Yale Dawson, or Murray Ian Dawson, and Charles Henry Wright, Charles Wright, Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright, John Wright, or William Wright. They first catalogued me in 1868.

Native to Alabama, Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gabon, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, and Windward Is..