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Cyperus polystachyos

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Cyperus polystachyos. See image source here.

#189 They called me Cyperus polystachyos, also known as Cyperus hartii, Cyperus dussii, Cyperus liebmannii, Cyperus gatesii, Cyperus boivinii, and Cyperus thouarsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry Chichester Hart, Duss (I couldn’t find his records), Liebmann (I couldn’t find his records), Gates (I couldn’t find his records), Thouars (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin, or Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. They first catalogued me in 1773.

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Laportea ruderalis

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Laportea ruderalis. See image source here.

#120 They called me Laportea ruderalis, also known as Laportea schomburgkii. I pay homage to the male botanist Moritz Richard Schomburgk. They first catalogued me in 1965.

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Ochrosia oppositifolia

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Ochrosia oppositifolia. See image source here.

#111 They called me Ochrosia oppositifolia, also known as Kopsia lamarckii, and Calpicarpum lamarckii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. They first catalogued me in 1895.