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Rauvolfia viridis

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Rauvolfia viridis. See image source here.

#394 They called me Rauvolfia viridis, also known as Rauvolfia lamarckii, and Rauvolfia lamarkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Lamark (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Waltheria indica

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Waltheria indica. See image source here.

#391 They called me Waltheria indica, also known as Waltheria wildii, and Waltheria martii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hiram Wild, and Mart (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Wedelia calycina

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Wedelia calycina. See image source here.

#388 They called me Wedelia calycina, also known as Wedelia jacquinii, Wedelia jacquinii f. andersonii, and Wedelia jacquinii var. andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1807.

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..