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Chlorophytum comosum

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Chlorophytum comosum. See image source here.

#479 They called me Chlorophytum comosum, also known as Anthericum vallis-trappii, Chlorophytum burchellii, and Chlorophytum kirkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vallis-trapp (I couldn’t find his records), William John Burchell, and Thomas Kirk. They first catalogued me in 1862.

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Aristida adscensionis

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Aristida adscensionis. See image source here.

#470 They called me Aristida adscensionis, also known as Aristida thonningii, Chaetaria forskalii, Arthratherum adscensionis subsp. heymannii, Aristida heymannii, and Aristida ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thonning (I couldn’t find his records), Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), Heymann (I couldn’t find his records), and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Potamogeton nodosus

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Potamogeton nodosus. See image source here.

#459 They called me Potamogeton nodosus, also known as Potamogeton leschenaultii, and Potamogeton thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Leschenault (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1816.