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Oxalis enneaphylla

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#607 They called me Oxalis enneaphylla, also known as Oxalis enneaphylla subsp. ibarii, and Oxalis cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Ibar (I couldn’t find his records), and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1799.

Native to Argentina South, Chile South, and Falkland Is..

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Cecropia peltata

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#596 They called me Cecropia peltata, also known as Cecropia goodspeedii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Harper Goodspeed. They first catalogued me in 1759.

Native to Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Gossypium herbaceum

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#595 They called me Gossypium herbaceum, also known as Gossypium simpsonii, and Gossypium zaitzevii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, and Zaitzev (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, and Yemen.