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Ipomoea triloba

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Ipomoea triloba. See image source here.

#493 They called me Ipomoea triloba, also known as Ipomoea krugii, and Ipomoea webbii. I pay homage to the male botanists Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug, and Colin James Webb, or Philip Barker Webb. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Aristida adscensionis

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Aristida adscensionis. See image source here.

#470 They called me Aristida adscensionis, also known as Aristida thonningii, Chaetaria forskalii, Arthratherum adscensionis subsp. heymannii, Aristida heymannii, and Aristida ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thonning (I couldn’t find his records), Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), Heymann (I couldn’t find his records), and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Mecardonia procumbens

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Mecardonia procumbens. See image source here.

#451 They called me Mecardonia procumbens, also known as Bacopa procumbens var. schottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1903.