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Spermacoce remota

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Spermacoce remota. See image source here.

#227 They called me Spermacoce remota, also known as Spermacoce chapmanii, and Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), and Alvan Wentworth Chapman, or Alexander Robert Chapman. They first catalogued me in 1792.

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Eustachys petraea

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Eustachys petraea. See image source here.

#194 They called me Eustachys petraea, also known as Chloris dusenii, and Chloris swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Dusen (I couldn’t find his records), and Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1810.

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Cyperus polystachyos

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Cyperus polystachyos. See image source here.

#189 They called me Cyperus polystachyos, also known as Cyperus hartii, Cyperus dussii, Cyperus liebmannii, Cyperus gatesii, Cyperus boivinii, and Cyperus thouarsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry Chichester Hart, Duss (I couldn’t find his records), Liebmann (I couldn’t find his records), Gates (I couldn’t find his records), Thouars (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin, or Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. They first catalogued me in 1773.