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Pseudophoenix sargentii

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Pseudophoenix sargentii. See image source here.

#585 They called me Pseudophoenix sargentii, also known as Chamaephoenix sargentii, and Cyclospathe northropii. I pay homage to the male botanists Northrop (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Sprague Sargent, or Henry Winthrop Sargent. They first catalogued me in 1886.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Piper umbellatum

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Piper umbellatum. See image source here.

#575 They called me Piper umbellatum, also known as Pothomorphe allenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bruce H. Allen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Paspalum millegranum

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Paspalum millegranum. See image source here.

#565 They called me Paspalum millegranum, also known as Paspalum underwoodii. I pay homage to the male botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..