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Anthurium grandifolium

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#231 They called me Anthurium grandifolium, also known as Anthurium wullschlaegelii, Anthurium hahnii, and Anthurium guildingii. I pay homage to the male botanists Wullschlaegel (I couldn’t find his records), Hahn (I couldn’t find his records), and Lansdown Guilding. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Jamaica, Leeward Is., and Windward Is..

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Spermacoce remota

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#227 They called me Spermacoce remota, also known as Spermacoce chapmanii, and Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), and Alvan Wentworth Chapman, or Alexander Robert Chapman. They first catalogued me in 1792.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, 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, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Duranta erecta

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#214 They called me Duranta erecta, also known as Duranta repens var. lopez-palacii, Duranta baumgartenii, and Duranta repens var. mutisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lopez-palac (I couldn’t find his records), Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten, and José Celestino Bruno Mutis. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, 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, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..