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Scleria eggersiana

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Scleria eggersiana. See image source here.

#922 They called me Scleria eggersiana, also known as Scleria grisebachii. I pay homage to the male botanist August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Crotalaria vitellina

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Crotalaria vitellina. See image source here.

#910 They called me Crotalaria vitellina, also known as Crotalaria vitellina var. schippii, and Crotalaria poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schipp (I couldn’t find his records), and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1820.

Native to Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, and Venezuela.

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Trichilia pallida

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Trichilia pallida. See image source here.

#881 They called me Trichilia pallida, also known as Trichilia riedelii, Trichilia weddelii, Trichilia skutchii, and Trichilia davisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Riedel (I couldn’t find his records), Weddel (I couldn’t find his records), Skutch (I couldn’t find his records), and Walter Davis, Bradley Moore Davis, M. R. Davis, or William Thompson Davis. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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