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Datura stramonium

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Datura stramonium. See image source here.

#559 They called me Datura stramonium, also known as Datura bernhardii, Datura cabanesii, Datura bertolonii, and Datura wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bernhard (I couldn’t find his records), Cabanes (I couldn’t find his records), Bertolon (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Texas, and Turks-Caicos Is..

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Jatropha curcas

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#553 They called me Jatropha curcas, also known as Curcas adansonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Michel Adanson. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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

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Haematoxylum campechianum

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Haematoxylum campechianum. See image source here.

#525 They called me Haematoxylum campechianum, also known as Cymbosepalum baronii. I pay homage to the male botanist P. Alexis Baron. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, and Mexico Southeast.