Month: January 2023

#478 They called me Phoradendron quadrangulare, also known as Phoradendron townsendii, Phoradendron gracile var. ballii, Phoradendron millspaughii, and Phoradendron rensonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Townsend (I couldn’t find his records), Charles Frederick Millspaugh, Renson (I couldn’t find his records), and John Ball, or Carleton Roy Ball. They first catalogued me in 1864.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..