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Lotus cytisoides

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Lotus cytisoides. See image source here.

#950 They called me Lotus cytisoides, also known as Lotus allionii, and Lotus cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Congo, Fiji, Madagascar, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Réunion, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., and Zaïre.

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Luffa acutangula

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Luffa acutangula. See image source here.

#942 They called me Luffa acutangula, also known as Luffa forskalii, and Luffa kleinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), and Jacob Theodor Klein. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Crozet Is., Free State, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Victoria, and Zaïre.

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Phoradendron mucronatum

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Phoradendron mucronatum. See image source here.

#939 They called me Phoradendron mucronatum, also known as Phoradendron lyonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Geoffrey Lyon. They first catalogued me in 1897.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..