Month: May 2024

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Daphne oleoides

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Daphne oleoides. See image source here.

#946 They called me Daphne oleoides, also known as Daphne vahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Martin Vahl. They first catalogued me in 1766.

Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, and Nicaragua.

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Agrostis meyenii

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Agrostis meyenii. See image source here.

#945 They called me Agrostis meyenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Callisia repens

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Callisia repens. See image source here.

#944 They called me Callisia repens, also known as Callisia repens var. mandonii, Callisia hexandra var. salzmannii, and Callisia hexandra var. mandonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon, and Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1762.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, and Falkland Is..