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Euphorbia pulcherrima

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Euphorbia pulcherrima. See image source here.

#540 They called me Euphorbia pulcherrima, also known as Euphorbia poinsettii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett. They first catalogued me in 1834.

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Acalypha poiretii

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Acalypha poiretii. See image source here.

#527 They called me Acalypha poiretii, also known as Ricinocarpus poiretii, Acalypha williamsii, and Gymnalypha jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Poiret (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1826.

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Haematoxylum campechianum

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Haematoxylum campechianum. See image source here.

#525 They called me Haematoxylum campechianum, also known as Cymbosepalum baronii. I pay homage to the male botanist P. Alexis Baron. They first catalogued me in 1753.