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Schoenoplectiella juncoides

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Schoenoplectiella juncoides. See image source here.

#696 They called me Schoenoplectiella juncoides, also known as Scirpus rockii, and Schoenoplectiella juncoides var. rockii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Rock, or Howard Francis Leonard Rock. They first catalogued me in 2003.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Xinjiang.

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Freycinetia hombronii

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Freycinetia hombronii. See image source here.

#695 They called me Freycinetia hombronii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jacques Bernard Hombron. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Fiji, Samoa, and Solomon Is..

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Gagea lutea

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Gagea lutea. See image source here.

#694 They called me Gagea lutea, also known as Ornithoxanthum persoonii, and Ornithogalum persoonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Hendrik Persoon. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.