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Psychotria ligustrifolia

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Psychotria ligustrifolia. See image source here.

#414 They called me Psychotria ligustrifolia, also known as Psychotria stahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Agustín Stahl. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, and Turks-Caicos Is..

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Trichilia septentrionalis

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Trichilia septentrionalis. See image source here.

#411 They called me Trichilia septentrionalis, also known as Trichilia moritzii, and Trichilia krukovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and Krukov (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1878.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Rauvolfia viridis

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Rauvolfia viridis. See image source here.

#394 They called me Rauvolfia viridis, also known as Rauvolfia lamarckii, and Rauvolfia lamarkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Lamark (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..