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Calliandra guildingii

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Calliandra guildingii. See image source here.

#891 They called me Calliandra guildingii, also known as Anneslia guildingii, and Feuilleea guildingii. I pay homage to the male botanist Lansdown Guilding. They first catalogued me in 1844.

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

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Trichilia pallida

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Trichilia pallida. See image source here.

#881 They called me Trichilia pallida, also known as Trichilia riedelii, Trichilia weddelii, Trichilia skutchii, and Trichilia davisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Riedel (I couldn’t find his records), Weddel (I couldn’t find his records), Skutch (I couldn’t find his records), and Walter Davis, Bradley Moore Davis, M. R. Davis, or William Thompson Davis. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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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..