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Eragrostis elliottii

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Eragrostis elliottii. See image source here.

#931 They called me Eragrostis elliottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Stephen Elliott. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Texas.

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Werauhia ringens

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Werauhia ringens. See image source here.

#925 They called me Werauhia ringens, also known as Tillandsia veitchii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harry Veitch, John Gould Veitch, Peter Veitch, or Harry James Veitch. They first catalogued me in 1995.

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..

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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..