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Piper umbellatum

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Piper umbellatum. See image source here.

#575 They called me Piper umbellatum, also known as Pothomorphe allenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bruce H. Allen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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

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Croton linearis

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Croton linearis. See image source here.

#574 They called me Croton linearis, also known as Croton fergusonii, Croton linearis var. fergusonii, and Croton kenskoffii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allan Ross Ferguson, and Kenskoff (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, and Turks-Caicos Is..

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Vachellia macracantha

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Vachellia macracantha. See image source here.

#570 They called me Vachellia macracantha, also known as Acacia humboldtii, Poponax cowellii, and Acacia cowellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alexander von Humboldt, and Cowell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2006.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..