Month: March 2023

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Diplazium centripetale

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Diplazium centripetale. See image source here.

#529 They called me Diplazium centripetale, also known as Diplazium eggersii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Pygeum schlechteri

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Pygeum schlechteri. See image source here.

#528 They called me Pygeum schlechteri, also known as Pygeum forbesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1965.

Native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Solomon Is..

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Acalypha poiretii

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Acalypha poiretii. See image source here.

#527 They called me Acalypha poiretii, also known as Ricinocarpus poiretii, Acalypha williamsii, and Gymnalypha jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Poiret (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, and Texas.