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Adenostemma verbesina

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Adenostemma verbesina. See image source here.

#367 They called me Adenostemma verbesina, also known as Adenostemma swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Cuba, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Iresine diffusa

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Iresine diffusa. See image source here.

#364 They called me Iresine diffusa, also known as Iresine endlichii, Iresine mutisii, and Alternanthera forsstroemii. I pay homage to the male botanists Endlich (I couldn’t find his records), José Celestino Bruno Mutis, and Forsstroem (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1806.

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

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Coccoloba krugii

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Coccoloba krugii. See image source here.

#363 They called me Coccoloba krugii, also known as Coccoloba borgesenii, and Uvifera krugii. I pay homage to the male botanists Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug, and Borgesen (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1890.

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