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Oplismenus burmanni

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Oplismenus burmanni. See image source here.

#679 They called me Oplismenus burmanni, also known as Oplismenus baronii, Panicum schultesii, and Oplismenus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanists P. Alexis Baron, Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Cenchrus setosus

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Cenchrus setosus. See image source here.

#678 They called me Cenchrus setosus, also known as Pennisetum hamiltonii, and Pennisetum richardii. I pay homage to the male botanists Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Ipomoea aquatica

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Ipomoea aquatica. See image source here.

#664 They called me Ipomoea aquatica, also known as Convolvulus adansonii, Convolvulus clappertonii, Ipomoea clappertonii, and Ipomoea glenieii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michel Adanson, Bain Hugh Clapperton, and Glenie (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1775.

Native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.