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Pistia stratiotes

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Pistia stratiotes. See image source here.

#718 They called me Pistia stratiotes, also known as Pistia cumingii, and Pistia turpinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Cuming, and Turpin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Cyperus odoratus

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Cyperus odoratus. See image source here.

#708 They called me Cyperus odoratus, also known as Cyperus vahlii, Cyperus engelmannii, Torulinium eggersii, Cyperus eggersii, Cyperus oerstedii, Torulinium macrocephalum var. eggersii, Cyperus hamiltonii, Diclidium reinwardtii, Cyperus nortonii, Cyperus carruthii, Cyperus ferax var. engelmannii, Cyperus odoratus var. engelmannii, Cyperus ferax subsp. engelmannii, Cyperus macrocephalus var. eggersii, and Cyperus kurrii. I pay homage to the male botanists Martin Vahl, Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, Oersted (I couldn’t find his records), Reinwardt (I couldn’t find his records), John Bitting Smith Norton, Carruth (I couldn’t find his records), Johann Gottlob von Kurr, George Engelmann, or Georg Engelmann, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chile Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Korea, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Samoa, Senegal, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, and Zaïre.

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Oplismenus burmanni

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#679 They called me Oplismenus burmanni, also known as Oplismenus baronii, Panicum schultesii, and Oplismenus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanists P. Alexis Baron, Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.