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Cyperus planifolius

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Cyperus planifolius. See image source here.

#280 They called me Cyperus planifolius, also known as Cyperus planifolius var. pickelii, Cyperus solmsii, and Cyperus krugii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pickel (I couldn’t find his records), Solms (I couldn’t find his records), and Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug. They first catalogued me in 1792.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Solanum torvum

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#279 They called me Solanum torvum, also known as Solanum mannii, and Solanum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustav Mann, and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Paspalum blodgettii

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Paspalum blodgettii. See image source here.

#263 They called me Paspalum blodgettii, also known as Paspalum simpsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Blodgett (I couldn’t find his records), and George Simpson. They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Puerto Rico, and Turks-Caicos Is..