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Sambucus canadensis

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Sambucus canadensis. See image source here.

#148 They called me Sambucus canadensis, also known as Sambucus simpsonii, and Sambucus eberhardtii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, and Eberhardt (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, California, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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Prestoea acuminata

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Prestoea acuminata. See image source here.

#123 They called me Prestoea acuminata, also known as Prestoea allenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bruce H. Allen. They first catalogued me in 1963.

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Ipomoea violacea

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Ipomoea violacea. See image source here.

#104 They called me Ipomoea violacea, also known as Calonyction jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, and Windward Is..