Tag: Leeward Is.

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Myrsine coriacea

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Myrsine coriacea. See image source here.

#937 They called me Myrsine coriacea, also known as Myrsine jelskii, Rapanea jelskii, and Rapanea mandonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jelsk (I couldn’t find his records), and Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon. They first catalogued me in 1819.

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

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Aristolochia rugosa

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Aristolochia rugosa. See image source here.

#935 They called me Aristolochia rugosa, also known as Howardia schomburgkii, Aristolochia dictyantha var. schomburgkii, and Howardia lansbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Moritz Richard Schomburgk, and Lansberg (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1783.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Eragrostis elliottii

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#931 They called me Eragrostis elliottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Stephen Elliott. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Texas.