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Cyperus surinamensis

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Cyperus surinamensis. See image source here.

#436 They called me Cyperus surinamensis, also known as Cyperus meyenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1773.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Saccoloma domingense

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Saccoloma domingense. See image source here.

#429 They called me Saccoloma domingense, also known as Dicksonia eggersii, Patania lindenii, Dicksonia lindenii, Dicksonia plumieri var. lindenii, and Saccoloma lindenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, and Linden (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1815.

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Paspalum laxum

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Paspalum laxum. See image source here.

#424 They called me Paspalum laxum, also known as Paspalum richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Central American Pac, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..