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Astraea lobata

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Astraea lobata. See image source here.

#689 They called me Astraea lobata, also known as Astraea seemannii, Croton courtetii, and Croton lobatus var. seemannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Courtet (I couldn’t find his records), and Berthold Carl Seemann, or Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Mickelia nicotianifolia

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Mickelia nicotianifolia. See image source here.

#669 They called me Mickelia nicotianifolia, also known as Bolbitis killipii, and Leptochilus killipii. I pay homage to the male botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip. They first catalogued me in 2010.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Phenax sonneratii

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Phenax sonneratii. See image source here.

#659 They called me Phenax sonneratii, also known as Parietaria sonneratii, Procris sonneratii, and Pouzolzia sonneratii. I pay homage to the male botanist Pierre Sonnerat. They first catalogued me in 1869.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.