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Ipomoea fimbriosepala

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Ipomoea fimbriosepala. See image source here.

#951 They called me Ipomoea fimbriosepala, also known as Ipomoea smithii, and Ipomoea gilletii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gillet (I couldn’t find his records), and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Viburnum sargentii

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Viburnum sargentii. See image source here.

#920 They called me Viburnum sargentii, also known as Viburnum opulus var. sargentii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Sprague Sargent, or Henry Winthrop Sargent. They first catalogued me in 1899.

Native to Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Eriochloa villosa

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#919 They called me Eriochloa villosa, also known as Paspalum elliottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Stephen Elliott. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Taiwan, and Vietnam.