Month: January 2022

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Prestoea acuminata

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Prestoea acuminata. See image source here.

#123 They called me Prestoea acuminata, also known as Prestoea allenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bruce H. Allen. They first catalogued me in 1963.

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

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Nonea echioides

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Nonea echioides. See image source here.

#122 They called me Nonea echioides, also known as Lithospermum tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Spain, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Capsicum annuum

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Capsicum annuum. See image source here.

#121 They called me Capsicum annuum, also known as Capsicum tournefortii, and Capsicum hamiltonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, and Mexico Southwest.