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Fimbristylis ferruginea

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Fimbristylis ferruginea. See image source here.

#322 They called me Fimbristylis ferruginea, also known as Fimbristylis roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1805.

Native to Afghanistan, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Chad, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Tillandsia utriculata

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Tillandsia utriculata. See image source here.

#315 They called me Tillandsia utriculata, also known as Tillandsia bartramii, Allardtia potockii, and Tillandsia sintenisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Potock (I couldn’t find his records), Sintenis (I couldn’t find his records), and John Bartram, Edwin Bunting Bartram, or William Bartram. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Eleocharis geniculata

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Eleocharis geniculata. See image source here.

#305 They called me Eleocharis geniculata, also known as Eleocharis sintenisii, and Scirpus brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sintenis (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.