Month: April 2022

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Ipomoea indica

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Ipomoea indica. See image source here.

#212 They called me Ipomoea indica, also known as Pharbitis learii, Convolvulus ruizii, Ipomoea learii, and Ipomoea austinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lear (I couldn’t find his records), Ruiz (I couldn’t find his records), and Coe Finch Austin. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Acianthus sinclairii

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Acianthus sinclairii. See image source here.

#211 They called me Acianthus sinclairii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Sinclair, or Andrew Sinclair. They first catalogued me in 1853.

Native to Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., New Zealand North, and New Zealand South.

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Trigonella spruneriana

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Trigonella spruneriana. See image source here.

#210 They called me Trigonella spruneriana, also known as Trigonella sibthorpii, Trigonella spruneriana subsp. sibthorpii, Vicia sibthorpii, and Cracca sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1843.

Native to Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Turkmenistan.