Month: June 2022

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Dioscorea cordata

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Dioscorea cordata. See image source here.

#251 They called me Dioscorea cordata, also known as Rajania sintenisii, and Rajania ovata var. ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sintenis (I couldn’t find his records), and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 2016.

Native to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, and Windward Is..

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Strychnos minor

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Strychnos minor. See image source here.

#250 They called me Strychnos minor, also known as Strychnos thonningii, Strychnos merrillii, Strychnos forbesii, and Strychnos kerstingii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thonning (I couldn’t find his records), Elmer Drew Merrill, Kersting (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1818.

Native to Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Paronychia argentea

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Paronychia argentea. See image source here.

#249 They called me Paronychia argentea, also known as Paronychia cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanist José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1779.

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, and Western Sahara.