Month: April 2023

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Datura stramonium

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Datura stramonium. See image source here.

#559 They called me Datura stramonium, also known as Datura bernhardii, Datura cabanesii, Datura bertolonii, and Datura wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bernhard (I couldn’t find his records), Cabanes (I couldn’t find his records), Bertolon (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Texas, and Turks-Caicos Is..

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Aeschynanthus longicaulis

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Aeschynanthus longicaulis. See image source here.

#558 They called me Aeschynanthus longicaulis, also known as Trichosporum griffithii, and Aeschynanthus griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Andaman Is., China South-Central, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Dillenia pentagyna

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Dillenia pentagyna. See image source here.

#557 They called me Dillenia pentagyna, also known as Dillenia baillonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henri Ernest Baillon, or Louis Antoine François Baillon. They first catalogued me in 1795.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.