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Salvia serotina

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#426 They called me Salvia serotina, also known as Salvia blodgettii, Salvia micrantha var. blodgettii, and Salvia fernaldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Blodgett (I couldn’t find his records), and Merritt Lyndon Fernald. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Trichilia septentrionalis

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#411 They called me Trichilia septentrionalis, also known as Trichilia moritzii, and Trichilia krukovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and Krukov (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1878.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Rauvolfia viridis

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#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..