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Eragrostis brownii

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#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.

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Iris collettii

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#69 They called me Iris collettii, also known as Junopsis collettii, and Iris duclouxii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry Collett, and Ducloux (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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Premna serratifolia

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#66 They called me Premna serratifolia, also known as Premna perrottetii, Premna obtusifolia var. gaudichaudii, Premna lamii, Premna gaudichaudii, and Premna woodii. I pay homage to the male botanists Perrottet (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Herman Johannes Lam, and John Medley Wood, Geoffrey H.S. Wood, Howard Page Wood, Alphonso Wood, or William Wood. They first catalogued me in 1771.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Western Australia.