Month: April 2022

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Sapindus saponaria

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Sapindus saponaria. See image source here.

#209 They called me Sapindus saponaria, also known as Sapindus thurstonii, and Sapindus turczaninowii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edgar Thurston, and Turczaninow (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Strobilanthes reptans

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Strobilanthes reptans. See image source here.

#208 They called me Strobilanthes reptans, also known as Hemigraphis robinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 2011.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Gilbert Is., Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Pterocephalus plumosus

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Pterocephalus plumosus. See image source here.

#207 They called me Pterocephalus plumosus, also known as Pterocephalus vaillantii, Cephalaria wallichii, Scabiosa willichii, and Trichera willichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sébastien Vaillant, Willich (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1823.

Native to Albania, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, and Yugoslavia.