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Ipomoea tiliacea

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Ipomoea tiliacea. See image source here.

#516 They called me Ipomoea tiliacea, also known as Ipomoea krusensternii, and Calonyction roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanists Krusenstern (I couldn’t find his records), and William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1845.

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

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Piper amalago

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Piper amalago. See image source here.

#511 They called me Piper amalago, also known as Piper diguetii, Piper wilsonii, Piper lundellii, Piper macintoshii, Piper medium var. leonardii, Piper wulfschlaegelii, Piper henshenii, and Piper deamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diguet (I couldn’t find his records), Lundell (I couldn’t find his records), Macintosh (I couldn’t find his records), Leonard (I couldn’t find his records), Wulfschlaegel (I couldn’t find his records), Henshen (I couldn’t find his records), Deam (I couldn’t find his records), and Edward Elmer Wilson, Ernest Henry Wilson, Hugh Wilson, or William M. Wilson. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Consolea macracantha

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#494 They called me Consolea macracantha, also known as Consolea nashii, Opuntia nashii, Consolea millspaughii, Consolea spinosissima subsp. millspaughii, Consolea macracantha subsp. nashii, and Opuntia millspaughii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Valentine Nash, and Charles Frederick Millspaugh. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Florida, and Turks-Caicos Is..