Month: April 2023

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Paspalum millegranum

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Paspalum millegranum. See image source here.

#565 They called me Paspalum millegranum, also known as Paspalum underwoodii. I pay homage to the male botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Galanthus elwesii

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Galanthus elwesii. See image source here.

#564 They called me Galanthus elwesii, also known as Chianthemum elwesii, Galanthus gracilis subsp. baytopii, Galanthus elwesii subsp. wagenitzii, Galanthus elwesii subsp. baytopii, Galanthus elewesii, Galanthus elwesii subsp. yayintaschii, and Galanthus elwesii subsp. akmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry John Elwes, Baytop (I couldn’t find his records), Wagenitz (I couldn’t find his records), Elewes (I couldn’t find his records), Yayintasch (I couldn’t find his records), and Akman (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Albania, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Bauhinia forficata

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Bauhinia forficata. See image source here.

#563 They called me Bauhinia forficata, also known as Bauhinia goldmanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edward Alphonso Goldman. They first catalogued me in 1821.

Native to Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, and Brazil West-Central.