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Passiflora foetida

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Passiflora foetida. See image source here.

#180 They called me Passiflora foetida, also known as Passiflora foetida var. glaziovii, and Passiflora hermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Glaziov (I couldn’t find his records), and Paul Hermann. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, 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, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Manilkara zapota

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Manilkara zapota. See image source here.

#173 They called me Manilkara zapota, also known as Mimusops grisebachii, Achras calderonii, Manilkariopsis rojasii, Achras conzattii, Achras rojasii, Manilkara grisebachii, Manilkara rojasii, Manilkara conzattii, and Manilkara calderonii. I pay homage to the male botanists August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Calderon (I couldn’t find his records), Rojas (I couldn’t find his records), and Conzatt (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1953.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, and Panamá.

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Canna indica

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#165 They called me Canna indica, also known as Canna lambertii, Canna indica var. warszewiczii, Canna altensteinii, Canna warszewiczii, Canna bihorellii, Canna sellowii, Canna indica var. edwardsii, Canna schubertii, Canna poeppigii, and Canna ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Warszewicz (I couldn’t find his records), Altenstein (I couldn’t find his records), Bihorell (I couldn’t find his records), Sellow (I couldn’t find his records), Edwards (I couldn’t find his records), Schubert (I couldn’t find his records), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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