Tag: Kermadec Is.

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Isolepis cernua

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Isolepis cernua. See image source here.

#91 They called me Isolepis cernua, also known as Isolepis kochii, Scirpus setaceus var. savii, Schoenoplectus savii, Scirpus savii, Isolepis savii, Scirpus cernuus var. vahlii, and Cyperus aitonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sav (I couldn’t find his records), Martin Vahl, William Aiton, or William Townsend Aiton, and Karl Koch, Georg Friedrich Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, or Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kermadec Is., Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Oregon, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uruguay, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, and Yugoslavia.

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Microtis unifolia

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Microtis unifolia. See image source here.

#82 They called me Microtis unifolia, also known as Microtis holmesii, and Microtis banksii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edward Morell Holmes, and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tuamotu, Victoria, and Western Australia.

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Eleocharis acuta

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Eleocharis acuta. See image source here.

#76 They called me Eleocharis acuta, also known as Eleocharis cunninghamii, and Scirpus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.