Month: July 2024

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Euphorbia hyssopifolia

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Euphorbia hyssopifolia. See image source here.

#1026 They called me Euphorbia hyssopifolia, also known as Chamaesyce jonesii, Euphorbia jonesii, Euphorbia hyssopifolia var. blanchetii, and Euphorbia brasiliensis var. blanchetii. I pay homage to the male botanists Blanchet (I couldn’t find his records), and Eustace Wilkinson Jones, George Neville Jones, or Marcus Eugene Jones. They first catalogued me in 1759.

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

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Achnatherum pekinense

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Achnatherum pekinense. See image source here.

#1025 They called me Achnatherum pekinense, also known as Stipa komarovii. I pay homage to the male botanist Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. They first catalogued me in 1953.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Horsfieldia iryaghedhi

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Horsfieldia iryaghedhi. See image source here.

#1024 They called me Horsfieldia iryaghedhi, also known as Pyrrhosa horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1897.

Native to Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.