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Setaria dielsii

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Setaria dielsii. See image source here.

#480 They called me Setaria dielsii, also known as Setaria buchananii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diels (I couldn’t find his records), and John Buchanan, or Alex M. Buchanan. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Lesser Sunda Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.

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Potamogeton cheesemanii

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Potamogeton cheesemanii. See image source here.

#473 They called me Potamogeton cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1883.

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

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Phragmites karka

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Phragmites karka. See image source here.

#433 They called me Phragmites karka, also known as Trichoon roxburghii, Phragmites roxburghii, and Arundo roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, and Yemen.