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Trichilia septentrionalis

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Trichilia septentrionalis. See image source here.

#411 They called me Trichilia septentrionalis, also known as Trichilia moritzii, and Trichilia krukovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and Krukov (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1878.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Microlepia speluncae

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Microlepia speluncae. See image source here.

#402 They called me Microlepia speluncae, also known as Dicksonia lessonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Pierre Adolphe Lesson. They first catalogued me in 1858.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Wedelia calycina

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Wedelia calycina. See image source here.

#388 They called me Wedelia calycina, also known as Wedelia jacquinii, Wedelia jacquinii f. andersonii, and Wedelia jacquinii var. andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1807.

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..