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Trichomanes trigonum

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Trichomanes trigonum. See image source here.

#760 They called me Trichomanes trigonum, also known as Trichomanes kaulfussii, and Ptilophyllum kaulfussii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss. They first catalogued me in 1811.

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Eragrostis prolifera

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Eragrostis prolifera. See image source here.

#756 They called me Eragrostis prolifera, also known as Eragrostis salzmannii, and Eragrostis hagerupii. I pay homage to the male botanists Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Olaf Hagerup. They first catalogued me in 1854.

Native to Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Southwest Caribbean, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is., and Zaïre.

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Megalastrum subincisum

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Megalastrum subincisum. See image source here.

#750 They called me Megalastrum subincisum, also known as Nephrodium gilbertii, and Phegopteris galeottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edouard-Jean Gilbert, and Galeott (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1988.

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..