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Euphorbia taurinensis

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Euphorbia taurinensis. See image source here.

#361 They called me Euphorbia taurinensis, also known as Euphorbia ehrenbergii, and Euphorbia cyprianii. I pay homage to the male botanists Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Cyprian (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1785.

Native to Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Selenicereus grandiflorus

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Selenicereus grandiflorus. See image source here.

#360 They called me Selenicereus grandiflorus, also known as Cereus antoinii, and Selenicereus maxonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Antoin (I couldn’t find his records), and William Ralph Maxon. They first catalogued me in 1909.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, and Nicaragua.

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Calyptranthes williamsii

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Calyptranthes williamsii. See image source here.

#359 They called me Calyptranthes williamsii, also known as Calyptranthes pallens var. williamsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1950.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, and Turks-Caicos Is..