Month: September 2022

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Melicope accedens

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Melicope accedens. See image source here.

#362 They called me Melicope accedens, also known as Euodia parkinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Edward Parkinson. They first catalogued me in 1994.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Euphorbia taurinensis

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Euphorbia taurinensis. See image source here.

#361 They called me Euphorbia taurinensis, also known as Euphorbia ehrenbergii, and Euphorbia cyprianii. I pay homage to the male botanists Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Cyprian (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1785.

Native to Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Selenicereus grandiflorus

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Selenicereus grandiflorus. See image source here.

#360 They called me Selenicereus grandiflorus, also known as Cereus antoinii, and Selenicereus maxonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Antoin (I couldn’t find his records), and William Ralph Maxon. They first catalogued me in 1909.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, and Nicaragua.