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Coccoloba swartzii

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Coccoloba swartzii. See image source here.

#350 They called me Coccoloba swartzii, also known as Uvifera swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1856.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Gossypium hirsutum

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Gossypium hirsutum. See image source here.

#334 They called me Gossypium hirsutum, also known as Gossypium schottii, Gossypium harrisii, Gossypium birkinshawii, Gossypium rhorii, Gossypium hirsutum f. pollardii, and Gossypium morrillii. I pay homage to the male botanists Birkinshaw (I couldn’t find his records), Rhor (I couldn’t find his records), Benedict John Pollard, Morrill (I couldn’t find his records), Warwick Harris, or Wayne K. Harris, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to Aruba, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Venezuela, and Venezuelan Antilles.

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Paspalum repens

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Paspalum repens. See image source here.

#317 They called me Paspalum repens, also known as Paspalum frankii. I pay homage to the male botanist Albert Bernhard Frank. They first catalogued me in 1772.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia, and West Virginia.