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Lasianthus attenuatus

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Lasianthus attenuatus. See image source here.

#854 They called me Lasianthus attenuatus, also known as Lasianthus copelandii, Lasianthus thorelii, Lasianthus wallichii, and Mephitidia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1823.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Biophytum sensitivum

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Biophytum sensitivum. See image source here.

#832 They called me Biophytum sensitivum, also known as Biophytum cumingii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh Cuming. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Fimbristylis complanata

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#830 They called me Fimbristylis complanata, also known as Isolepis willdenowii, and Fimbristylis bequaertii. I pay homage to the male botanists Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow. They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.