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Selenicereus grandiflorus

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Selenicereus grandiflorus. See image source here.

#360 They called me Selenicereus grandiflorus, also known as Cereus antoinii, and Selenicereus maxonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Antoin (I couldn’t find his records), and William Ralph Maxon. They first catalogued me in 1909.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, and Nicaragua.

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Calyptranthes williamsii

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Calyptranthes williamsii. See image source here.

#359 They called me Calyptranthes williamsii, also known as Calyptranthes pallens var. williamsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1950.

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

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Sideroxylon foetidissimum

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Sideroxylon foetidissimum. See image source here.

#356 They called me Sideroxylon foetidissimum, also known as Bumelia buchii, Bumelia obovata var. krugii, and Bumelia krugii. I pay homage to the male botanists Buch (I couldn’t find his records), and Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..