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Fimbristylis dichotoma

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Fimbristylis dichotoma. See image source here.

#293 They called me Fimbristylis dichotoma, also known as Fimbristylis scherardii, Fimbristylis germainii, Fimbristylis eggersii, Fimbristylis ramosii, Fimbristylis humboldtii, Isolepis elliottii, Fimbristylis metzii, and Scirpus elliottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Scherard (I couldn’t find his records), Germain (I couldn’t find his records), Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, Ramos (I couldn’t find his records), Alexander von Humboldt, Stephen Elliott, and Metz (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1805.

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Alternanthera brasiliana

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Alternanthera brasiliana. See image source here.

#290 They called me Alternanthera brasiliana, also known as Alternanthera brasiliana var. jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1891.

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Chromolaena odorata

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Chromolaena odorata. See image source here.

#284 They called me Chromolaena odorata, also known as Eupatorium klattii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt. They first catalogued me in 1970.