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Eleocharis pellucida

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Eleocharis pellucida. See image source here.

#291 They called me Eleocharis pellucida, also known as Scirpus thomsonii, and Eleocharis thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1828.

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Pterocarpus indicus

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Pterocarpus indicus. See image source here.

#281 They called me Pterocarpus indicus, also known as Pterocarpus wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1802.

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Cordia dichotoma

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Cordia dichotoma. See image source here.

#278 They called me Cordia dichotoma, also known as Cordia brownii, Lithocardium griffithii, Cordia griffithii, Cordia wallichii, and Cordia obliqua var. wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1786.