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Davallia denticulata

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Davallia denticulata. See image source here.

#770 They called me Davallia denticulata, also known as Trichomanes elegans var. weddellii, Trichomanes prieurii, Trichomanes weddellii, and Trichomanes leprieurii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Algernon Weddell, Prieur (I couldn’t find his records), and Leprieur (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1867.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Derris elliptica

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Derris elliptica. See image source here.

#755 They called me Derris elliptica, also known as Pongamia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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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.