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Paspalum laxum

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#424 They called me Paspalum laxum, also known as Paspalum richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Central American Pac, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Bridelia ovata

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Bridelia ovata. See image source here.

#423 They called me Bridelia ovata, also known as Bridelia kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Andaman Is., Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Abarema jupunba

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#422 They called me Abarema jupunba, also known as Pithecellobium brongniartii. I pay homage to the male botanist Adolphe Theodore Brongniart, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, or Alexandre Brongniart. They first catalogued me in 1936.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..