Month: September 2023

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Cynometra mannii

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Cynometra mannii. See image source here.

#724 They called me Cynometra mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, and Zaïre.

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Pachira insignis

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Pachira insignis. See image source here.

#723 They called me Pachira insignis, also known as Pachira loddigesii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Loddiges, or George Loddiges. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

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Papaver rhoeas

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Papaver rhoeas. See image source here.

#722 They called me Papaver rhoeas, also known as Papaver fuchsii, Papaver pseudohaussknechtii, and Papaver osswaldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pseudohaussknecht (I couldn’t find his records), Osswald (I couldn’t find his records), and Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, and Yugoslavia.