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Eriochloa villosa

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Eriochloa villosa. See image source here.

#919 They called me Eriochloa villosa, also known as Paspalum elliottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Stephen Elliott. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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Utricularia uliginosa

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Utricularia uliginosa. See image source here.

#914 They called me Utricularia uliginosa, also known as Utricularia nayarii, and Utricularia griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nayar (I couldn’t find his records), and William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1804.

Native to Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Enteropogon unispiceus

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Enteropogon unispiceus. See image source here.

#908 They called me Enteropogon unispiceus, also known as Chloris cheesemanii, and Chionochloa cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1967.

Native to Cook Is., New South Wales, Queensland, and Taiwan.