Month: April 2023

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Syzygium nervosum

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Syzygium nervosum. See image source here.

#577 They called me Syzygium nervosum, also known as Jambosa commersonii, Eugenia lambii, and Eugenia holmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), Anthony L. Lamb, and Holman (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Medicago littoralis

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Medicago littoralis. See image source here.

#576 They called me Medicago littoralis, also known as Medicago braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Piper umbellatum

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Piper umbellatum. See image source here.

#575 They called me Piper umbellatum, also known as Pothomorphe allenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bruce H. Allen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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