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Utricularia uliginosa

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Utricularia uliginosa. See image source here.

#914 They called me Utricularia uliginosa, also known as Utricularia nayarii, and Utricularia griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nayar (I couldn’t find his records), and William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1804.

Native to Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Psychotria merrillii

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Psychotria merrillii. See image source here.

#878 They called me Psychotria merrillii, also known as Canthium valetonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, and Valeton (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1932.

Native to Caroline Is..

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Fimbristylis complanata

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#830 They called me Fimbristylis complanata, also known as Isolepis willdenowii, and Fimbristylis bequaertii. I pay homage to the male botanists Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow. They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.