Month: September 2022

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Coccoloba swartzii

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Coccoloba swartzii. See image source here.

#350 They called me Coccoloba swartzii, also known as Uvifera swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1856.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Romulea austinii

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Romulea austinii. See image source here.

#349 They called me Romulea austinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Coe Finch Austin. They first catalogued me in 1923.

Native to Cape Provinces.

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Cephalaria transsylvanica

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Cephalaria transsylvanica. See image source here.

#348 They called me Cephalaria transsylvanica, also known as Cephalaria allionii, and Scabiosa hacquetii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and Belsazar Hacquet. They first catalogued me in 1814.

Native to Albania, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.