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Peperomia leptostachya

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Peperomia leptostachya. See image source here.

#640 They called me Peperomia leptostachya, also known as Peperomia esquirolii, Peperomia bequaertii, and Peperomia moerenhoutii. I pay homage to the male botanists Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Moerenhout (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Grammitis contigua

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Grammitis contigua. See image source here.

#487 They called me Grammitis contigua, also known as Prosaptia preslii, Grammitis preslii, Davallia preslii, Prosaptia rosenstockii, and Grammitis rosenstockii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rosenstock (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 2018.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vanuatu.

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Cyperus cyperoides

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Cyperus cyperoides. See image source here.

#357 They called me Cyperus cyperoides, also known as Mariscus humbertii, and Cyperus kraussii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jean-Henri Humbert, and Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss, or Johan Carl Krauss. They first catalogued me in 1898.

Native to Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Easter Is., Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tuamotu, Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.