Month: November 2023

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Solanum nigrescens

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Solanum nigrescens. See image source here.

#769 They called me Solanum nigrescens, also known as Solanum jahnii, Solanum nigrum var. dillenii, and Solanum rojasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alfredo Jahn, Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), and Rojas (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Cochlearia officinalis

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Cochlearia officinalis. See image source here.

#768 They called me Cochlearia officinalis, also known as Eutrema rossii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Milton Ross. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Baltic States, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, North European Russi, Norway, and Sweden.

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Cyrilla racemiflora

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Cyrilla racemiflora. See image source here.

#767 They called me Cyrilla racemiflora, also known as Cyrilla perrottetii, Cyrilla antillana var. perrottetii, and Stachyanthemum schomburgkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Perrottet (I couldn’t find his records), and Moritz Richard Schomburgk. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Alabama, Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, and Windward Is..