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Xerochrysum bracteatum

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Xerochrysum bracteatum. See image source here.

#703 They called me Xerochrysum bracteatum, also known as Gnaphalium banksii, and Helichrysum banksii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1990.

Native to New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.

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Parapolystichum acuminatum

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Parapolystichum acuminatum. See image source here.

#674 They called me Parapolystichum acuminatum, also known as Aspidium shepherdii, Nephrodium shepherdii, Dryopteris shepherdii, Lastrea shepherdii, Lastreopsis shepherdii, and Polystichum schkuhrii. I pay homage to the male botanists George John Shepherd, and Schkuhr (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2014.

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

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Rumohra adiantiformis

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Rumohra adiantiformis. See image source here.

#641 They called me Rumohra adiantiformis, also known as Aspidium cunninghamii, Polypodium thomassetii, Dryopteris thomassetii, and Rumohra capuronii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomasset (I couldn’t find his records), René Paul Raymond Capuron, and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1934.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Provinces, Central American Pac, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Falkland Is., Florida, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, and Zimbabwe.