Month: May 2022

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Persea americana

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Persea americana. See image source here.

#219 They called me Persea americana, also known as Persea steyermarkii. I pay homage to the male botanist Julian Alfred Steyermark. They first catalogued me in 1768.

Native to Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, and Nicaragua.

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Hedychium coronarium

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Hedychium coronarium. See image source here.

#218 They called me Hedychium coronarium, also known as Gandasulium sieboldii, and Hedychium sieboldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold, or Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold. They first catalogued me in 1783.

Native to Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Valerianella dentata

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Valerianella dentata. See image source here.

#217 They called me Valerianella dentata, also known as Fedia morisonii, and Valerianella morisonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Morison. They first catalogued me in 1785.

Native to Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Portugal.