Month: January 2022

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Sparaxis variegata

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Sparaxis variegata. See image source here.

#105 They called me Sparaxis variegata, also known as Sparaxis wattii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Watt, or David Allan Poe Watt. They first catalogued me in 1992.

Native to Cape Provinces.

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Ipomoea violacea

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Ipomoea violacea. See image source here.

#104 They called me Ipomoea violacea, also known as Calonyction jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, and Windward Is..

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Dieffenbachia seguine

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Dieffenbachia seguine. See image source here.

#103 They called me Dieffenbachia seguine, also known as Dieffenbachia poeppigii, Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. wallisii, Dieffenbachia wallisii, Dieffenbachia picta subvar. jenmanii, Dieffenbachia jenmanii, Dieffenbachia verschaffeltii, and Dieffenbachia chelsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Jenman (I couldn’t find his records), Verschaffelt (I couldn’t find his records), Chelson (I couldn’t find his records), and M. Wallis, or Gustav Wallis. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..