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Cenchrus brownii

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Cenchrus brownii. See image source here.

#372 They called me Cenchrus brownii, also known as Cenchrus echinatus var. morisonii, and Cenchrus cavanillesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Robert Morison, Antonio José Cavanilles, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Iresine diffusa

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Iresine diffusa. See image source here.

#364 They called me Iresine diffusa, also known as Iresine endlichii, Iresine mutisii, and Alternanthera forsstroemii. I pay homage to the male botanists Endlich (I couldn’t find his records), José Celestino Bruno Mutis, and Forsstroem (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1806.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Paspalum repens

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Paspalum repens. See image source here.

#317 They called me Paspalum repens, also known as Paspalum frankii. I pay homage to the male botanist Albert Bernhard Frank. They first catalogued me in 1772.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, and West Virginia.