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Eleocharis acuta

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Eleocharis acuta. See image source here.

#76 They called me Eleocharis acuta, also known as Eleocharis cunninghamii, and Scirpus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1810.

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

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Eragrostis brownii

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Eragrostis brownii. See image source here.

#71 They called me Eragrostis brownii, also known as Megastachya brownii, Eragrostis benthamii, and Poa brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Bentham, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Easter Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Victoria, Vietnam, and Western Australia.