Tag: Leeward Is.

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Dendropanax arboreus

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Dendropanax arboreus. See image source here.

#775 They called me Dendropanax arboreus, also known as Gilibertia schippii, Gilibertia rothschuhii, Dendropanax schippii, Dendropanax juergensenii, Gilibertia juergensenii, and Sciodaphyllum jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schipp (I couldn’t find his records), Rothschuh (I couldn’t find his records), Juergensen (I couldn’t find his records), and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1854.

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., 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, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Venezuelan Antilles.

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Dichaea morrisii

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Dichaea morrisii. See image source here.

#773 They called me Dichaea morrisii, also known as Epithecia morrisii, Dichaeopsis morrisii, Dichaea muricata var. moritzii, and Dichaea moritzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and Edward Lyman Morris, or John Morris. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..

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Solanum nigrescens

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Solanum nigrescens. See image source here.

#769 They called me Solanum nigrescens, also known as Solanum jahnii, Solanum nigrum var. dillenii, and Solanum rojasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alfredo Jahn, Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), and Rojas (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..