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Pygeum schlechteri

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Pygeum schlechteri. See image source here.

#528 They called me Pygeum schlechteri, also known as Pygeum forbesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1965.

Native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Solomon Is..

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Acalypha poiretii

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Acalypha poiretii. See image source here.

#527 They called me Acalypha poiretii, also known as Ricinocarpus poiretii, Acalypha williamsii, and Gymnalypha jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Poiret (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, and Texas.

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Pittosporum campbellii

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Pittosporum campbellii. See image source here.

#526 They called me Pittosporum campbellii. I pay homage to the male botanist Douglas Houghton Campbell. They first catalogued me in 1873.

Native to Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.