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Ornithogalum sigmoideum

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Ornithogalum sigmoideum. See image source here.

#972 They called me Ornithogalum sigmoideum, also known as Ornithogalum sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burkina, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Niger, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.

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Sedum urvillei

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Sedum urvillei. See image source here.

#948 They called me Sedum urvillei, also known as Sedum hillebrandii. I pay homage to the male botanist William (Wilhelm) Hillebrand, or William Francis Hillebrand. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to South Australia, and Western Australia.

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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.