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Halodule wrightii

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Halodule wrightii. See image source here.

#151 They called me Halodule wrightii, also known as Diplanthera wrightii, and Diplanthera dawsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Yale Dawson, or Murray Ian Dawson, and Charles Henry Wright, Charles Wright, Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright, John Wright, or William Wright. They first catalogued me in 1868.

Native to Alabama, Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gabon, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Sambucus canadensis

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Sambucus canadensis. See image source here.

#148 They called me Sambucus canadensis, also known as Sambucus simpsonii, and Sambucus eberhardtii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, and Eberhardt (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, California, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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Opuntia stricta

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Opuntia stricta. See image source here.

#140 They called me Opuntia stricta, also known as Opuntia bentonii, Opuntia bartramii, Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii, and Opuntia dillenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Benton (I couldn’t find his records), Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), Reitz (I couldn’t find his records), and John Bartram, Edwin Bunting Bartram, or William Bartram. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, South Carolina, and Texas.