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Scleria eggersiana

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Scleria eggersiana. See image source here.

#922 They called me Scleria eggersiana, also known as Scleria grisebachii. I pay homage to the male botanist August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Hyperbaena domingensis

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Hyperbaena domingensis. See image source here.

#909 They called me Hyperbaena domingensis, also known as Hyperbaena hostmannii, and Hyperbaena moricandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hostmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Stefano Moricand. They first catalogued me in 1861.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Dichaea pendula

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Dichaea pendula. See image source here.

#900 They called me Dichaea pendula, also known as Dichaea swartzii, and Dichaea pendula var. swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..