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Commicarpus scandens

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Commicarpus scandens. See image source here.

#865 They called me Commicarpus scandens, also known as Boerhavia grahamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Graham. They first catalogued me in 1909.

Native to Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., and Venezuela.

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Oxalis latifolia

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Oxalis latifolia. See image source here.

#863 They called me Oxalis latifolia, also known as Oxalis eggersii, Oxalis buchtienii, and Ionoxalis buchtienii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, and Buchtien (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1822.

Native to Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, California, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Marcgravia rectiflora

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Marcgravia rectiflora. See image source here.

#861 They called me Marcgravia rectiflora, also known as Marcgravia rectiflora var. jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1862.

Native to Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Peru, and Puerto Rico.