Month: December 2022

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Cyperus surinamensis

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Cyperus surinamensis. See image source here.

#436 They called me Cyperus surinamensis, also known as Cyperus meyenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1773.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Terminalia citrina

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Terminalia citrina. See image source here.

#435 They called me Terminalia citrina, also known as Terminalia curtisii, Terminalia manii, and Terminalia teysmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Man (I couldn’t find his records), Teysmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Schradera exotica

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Schradera exotica. See image source here.

#434 They called me Schradera exotica, also known as Schradera vahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Martin Vahl. They first catalogued me in 1929.

Native to Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, and Windward Is..