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Xerochrysum bracteatum

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Xerochrysum bracteatum. See image source here.

#703 They called me Xerochrysum bracteatum, also known as Gnaphalium banksii, and Helichrysum banksii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1990.

Native to New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.

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Parapolystichum acuminatum

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Parapolystichum acuminatum. See image source here.

#674 They called me Parapolystichum acuminatum, also known as Aspidium shepherdii, Nephrodium shepherdii, Dryopteris shepherdii, Lastrea shepherdii, Lastreopsis shepherdii, and Polystichum schkuhrii. I pay homage to the male botanists George John Shepherd, and Schkuhr (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2014.

Native to Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.

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Cyperus difformis

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Cyperus difformis. See image source here.

#612 They called me Cyperus difformis, also known as Cyperus goeringii. I pay homage to the male botanist Philip Friedrich Wilhelm Goering. They first catalogued me in 1756.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Azores, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Corse, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.