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Cyperus surinamensis

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Cyperus surinamensis. See image source here.

#436 They called me Cyperus surinamensis, also known as Cyperus meyenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1773.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Schradera exotica

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Schradera exotica. See image source here.

#434 They called me Schradera exotica, also known as Schradera vahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Martin Vahl. They first catalogued me in 1929.

Native to Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, and Windward Is..

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Saccoloma domingense

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Saccoloma domingense. See image source here.

#429 They called me Saccoloma domingense, also known as Dicksonia eggersii, Patania lindenii, Dicksonia lindenii, Dicksonia plumieri var. lindenii, and Saccoloma lindenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, and Linden (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1815.

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..