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Cyperus polystachyos

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Cyperus polystachyos. See image source here.

#189 They called me Cyperus polystachyos, also known as Cyperus hartii, Cyperus dussii, Cyperus liebmannii, Cyperus gatesii, Cyperus boivinii, and Cyperus thouarsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry Chichester Hart, Duss (I couldn’t find his records), Liebmann (I couldn’t find his records), Gates (I couldn’t find his records), Thouars (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin, or Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. They first catalogued me in 1773.

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Canna indica

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Canna indica. See image source here.

#165 They called me Canna indica, also known as Canna lambertii, Canna indica var. warszewiczii, Canna altensteinii, Canna warszewiczii, Canna bihorellii, Canna sellowii, Canna indica var. edwardsii, Canna schubertii, Canna poeppigii, and Canna ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Warszewicz (I couldn’t find his records), Altenstein (I couldn’t find his records), Bihorell (I couldn’t find his records), Sellow (I couldn’t find his records), Edwards (I couldn’t find his records), Schubert (I couldn’t find his records), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Sambucus canadensis

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Sambucus canadensis. See image source here.

#148 They called me Sambucus canadensis, also known as Sambucus simpsonii, and Sambucus eberhardtii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, and Eberhardt (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.