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Cestrum parqui

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Cestrum parqui. See image source here.

#635 They called me Cestrum parqui, also known as Cestrum adelbertii, Cestrum mandonii, Cestrum poeppigii, and Cestrum parqui var. poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Albert George Ludwig Adelbert, Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon, and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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Vachellia macracantha

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Vachellia macracantha. See image source here.

#570 They called me Vachellia macracantha, also known as Acacia humboldtii, Poponax cowellii, and Acacia cowellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alexander von Humboldt, and Cowell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2006.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Jatropha curcas

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Jatropha curcas. See image source here.

#553 They called me Jatropha curcas, also known as Curcas adansonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Michel Adanson. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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