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Galactia dubia

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Galactia dubia. See image source here.

#549 They called me Galactia dubia, also known as Galactia dubia var. ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galápagos, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Euphorbia lecheoides

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Euphorbia lecheoides. See image source here.

#547 They called me Euphorbia lecheoides, also known as Chamaesyce wilsonii, Euphorbia lecheoides var. wilsonii, and Chamaesyce lecheoides var. wilsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edward Elmer Wilson, Ernest Henry Wilson, Hugh Wilson, or William M. Wilson. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Bahamas, and Turks-Caicos Is..

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Rhabdadenia biflora

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Rhabdadenia biflora. See image source here.

#518 They called me Rhabdadenia biflora, also known as Echites billbergii, Dipladenia billbergii, Echites ehrenbergii, Rhabdadenia ehrenbergii, and Echites bilbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustaf Johan Billberg, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Bilberg (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..