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Bromus catharticus

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Bromus catharticus. See image source here.

#862 They called me Bromus catharticus, also known as Ceratochloa willdenowii, Bromus willdenowii, Bromus brongniartii, Bromus matthewsii, Bromus preslii, and Festuca stricta f. braunii. I pay homage to the male botanists Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, Henry Bleneowe Matthews, or Henry John Matthews, Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl, Adolphe Theodore Brongniart, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, or Alexandre Brongniart, and Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1791.

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Corchorus orinocensis

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Corchorus orinocensis. See image source here.

#860 They called me Corchorus orinocensis, also known as Corchorus argutus var. blanchetii, and Corchorus argutus var. benthamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Blanchet (I couldn’t find his records), and George Bentham. They first catalogued me in 1823.

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Ichnanthus pallens

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Ichnanthus pallens. See image source here.

#855 They called me Ichnanthus pallens, also known as Panicum pallens var. swartzii, Ichnanthus hitchcockii, and Panicum schlechtendahlii. I pay homage to the male botanists Olof Swartz, Schlechtendahl (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Leo Hitchcock, Edward Hitchcock, or Albert Spear Hitchcock. They first catalogued me in 1861.