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Varronia curassavica

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Varronia curassavica. See image source here.

#757 They called me Varronia curassavica, also known as Cordia anderssonii, and Lithocardium anderssonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nils Johan Andersson. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Eragrostis prolifera

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Eragrostis prolifera. See image source here.

#756 They called me Eragrostis prolifera, also known as Eragrostis salzmannii, and Eragrostis hagerupii. I pay homage to the male botanists Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Olaf Hagerup. They first catalogued me in 1854.

Native to Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Southwest Caribbean, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is., and Zaïre.

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Mitreola petiolata

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#751 They called me Mitreola petiolata, also known as Mitreola swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, and Windward Is..