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Guarea glabra

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#834 They called me Guarea glabra, also known as Guarea schomburgkii, Guarea swartzii, Guarea donnell-smithii, and Guarea luxii. I pay homage to the male botanists Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Olof Swartz, Donnell-smith (I couldn’t find his records), and Lux (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1807.

Native to Brazil North, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Imperata cheesemanii

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#833 They called me Imperata cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Kermadec Is..

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Biophytum sensitivum

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#832 They called me Biophytum sensitivum, also known as Biophytum cumingii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh Cuming. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.