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Achnatherum pekinense

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Achnatherum pekinense. See image source here.

#1025 They called me Achnatherum pekinense, also known as Stipa komarovii. I pay homage to the male botanist Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. They first catalogued me in 1953.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Cuphea strigulosa

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Cuphea strigulosa. See image source here.

#996 They called me Cuphea strigulosa, also known as Cuphea fiebrigii, and Cuphea strigulosa var. sinclairii. I pay homage to the male botanists Fiebrig (I couldn’t find his records), and George Sinclair, or Andrew Sinclair. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Morisonia americana

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Morisonia americana. See image source here.

#994 They called me Morisonia americana, also known as Morisonia johnstonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henry Halcro Johnston, Henry “Harry” Hamilton Johnston, Ivan Murray Johnston, or Marshall Conring Johnston. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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