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Cenchrus purpureus

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Cenchrus purpureus. See image source here.

#178 They called me Cenchrus purpureus, also known as Pennisetum benthamii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Bentham. They first catalogued me in 2010.

Native to Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza. See image source here.

#160 They called me Bruguiera gymnorhiza, also known as Bruguiera zippelii, Bruguiera wightii, and Bruguiera rumphii. I pay homage to the male botanists Zippel (I couldn’t find his records), Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Djibouti, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Fimbristylis cymosa

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Fimbristylis cymosa. See image source here.

#155 They called me Fimbristylis cymosa, also known as Fimbristylis warburgii, and Fimbristylis sintenisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sintenis (I couldn’t find his records), and E. F. Warburg, Edmund Frederic Warburg, or Otto Warburg. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, Howland-Baker Is., India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, and Zaïre.