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Rhynchospora rubra

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Rhynchospora rubra. See image source here.

#952 They called me Rhynchospora rubra, also known as Sphaeroschoenus wallichii, Rhynchospora wallichii, and Morisia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Callisia repens

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#944 They called me Callisia repens, also known as Callisia repens var. mandonii, Callisia hexandra var. salzmannii, and Callisia hexandra var. mandonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon, and Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1762.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, and Falkland Is..

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Hymenophyllum peltatum

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Hymenophyllum peltatum. See image source here.

#943 They called me Hymenophyllum peltatum, also known as Hymenophyllum mettenii, Hymenophyllum peltatum var. menziesii, and Hymenophyllum menziesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Metten (I couldn’t find his records), and Archibald Menzies. They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..