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Waltheria indica

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Waltheria indica. See image source here.

#391 They called me Waltheria indica, also known as Waltheria wildii, and Waltheria martii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hiram Wild, and Mart (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Diospyros pilosanthera

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Diospyros pilosanthera. See image source here.

#390 They called me Diospyros pilosanthera, also known as Diospyros hiernii, Diospyros pilosanthera var. nurii, and Diospyros moonii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Philip Hiern, Nur (I couldn’t find his records), and Alexander Moon. They first catalogued me in 1837.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Crupina crupinastrum

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Crupina crupinastrum. See image source here.

#389 They called me Crupina crupinastrum, also known as Centaurea visianii subsp. visianii, Centaurea visianii, Crupina zuccarinii, and Crupina morisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Visian (I couldn’t find his records), Zuccarin (I couldn’t find his records), and Giuseppe Giacinto Moris. They first catalogued me in 1847.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.