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Nertera granadensis

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Nertera granadensis. See image source here.

#313 They called me Nertera granadensis, also known as Peratanthe ekmanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Erik Leonard Ekman. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., South Australia, South Sandwich Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Victoria.

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Malvaviscus arboreus

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Malvaviscus arboreus. See image source here.

#312 They called me Malvaviscus arboreus, also known as Malvaviscus drummondii, Malvaviscus jordan-mottii, Malvaviscus conzattii, Malvaviscus arboreus var. grisebachii, and Malvaviscus balbisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Drummond (I couldn’t find his records), Jordan-mott (I couldn’t find his records), Conzatt (I couldn’t find his records), August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, and Giovanni Battista Balbis. They first catalogued me in 1787.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

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Arisarum vulgare

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Arisarum vulgare. See image source here.

#311 They called me Arisarum vulgare, also known as Arisarum forbesii, Arisarum veslingii, Arisarum jacquinii, and Arisarum sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vesling (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp, and Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.