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Croton origanifolius

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#873 They called me Croton origanifolius, also known as Croton ekmanii, and Moacroton ekmanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Erik Leonard Ekman. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Haiti.

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Coursetia caribaea

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#869 They called me Coursetia caribaea, also known as Brittonamra caribaea var. edwardsii, Benthamantha edwardsii, Cracca edwardsii, Cracca caribaea var. edwardsii, Coursetia greenmanii, Cracca greenmanii, and Benthamantha greenmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edwards (I couldn’t find his records), and Jesse More Greenman. They first catalogued me in 1987.

Native to Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Microstachys corniculata

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#867 They called me Microstachys corniculata, also known as Microstachys vahlii, Sebastiania glandulosa var. pohlii, Sebastiania corniculata var. poeppigii, and Sebastiania corniculata var. pohlii. I pay homage to the male botanists Martin Vahl, Pohl (I couldn’t find his records), and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1864.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..