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Duranta erecta

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#214 They called me Duranta erecta, also known as Duranta repens var. lopez-palacii, Duranta baumgartenii, and Duranta repens var. mutisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lopez-palac (I couldn’t find his records), Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten, and José Celestino Bruno Mutis. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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

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Ipomoea indica

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Ipomoea indica. See image source here.

#212 They called me Ipomoea indica, also known as Pharbitis learii, Convolvulus ruizii, Ipomoea learii, and Ipomoea austinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lear (I couldn’t find his records), Ruiz (I couldn’t find his records), and Coe Finch Austin. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Sapindus saponaria

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#209 They called me Sapindus saponaria, also known as Sapindus thurstonii, and Sapindus turczaninowii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edgar Thurston, and Turczaninow (I couldn’t find his records). 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, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..