Month: August 2022

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Petitia domingensis

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Petitia domingensis. See image source here.

#314 They called me Petitia domingensis, also known as Petitia domingensis var. poeppigii, Petitia poeppigii, and Petitia domingensis var. ekmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Erik Leonard Ekman. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., and Puerto Rico.

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Nertera granadensis

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Nertera granadensis. See image source here.

#313 They called me Nertera granadensis, also known as Peratanthe ekmanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Erik Leonard Ekman. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., South Australia, South Sandwich Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Victoria.

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Malvaviscus arboreus

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Malvaviscus arboreus. See image source here.

#312 They called me Malvaviscus arboreus, also known as Malvaviscus drummondii, Malvaviscus jordan-mottii, Malvaviscus conzattii, Malvaviscus arboreus var. grisebachii, and Malvaviscus balbisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Drummond (I couldn’t find his records), Jordan-mott (I couldn’t find his records), Conzatt (I couldn’t find his records), August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, and Giovanni Battista Balbis. They first catalogued me in 1787.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.