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Pothos scandens

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#467 They called me Pothos scandens, also known as Pothos horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Comoros, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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Potamogeton nodosus

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#459 They called me Potamogeton nodosus, also known as Potamogeton leschenaultii, and Potamogeton thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Leschenault (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1816.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil North, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central European Rus, Chad, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Comoros, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Marianas, Marion-Prince Edward, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New York, Niger, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Imperata cylindrica

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Imperata cylindrica. See image source here.

#440 They called me Imperata cylindrica, also known as Imperata koenigii, Imperata arundinacea var. koenigii, Saccharum thunbergii, Saccharum koenigii, and Imperata cylindrica subsp. koenigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Koenig (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kriti, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.