Tag: Leeward Is.

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Microstachys corniculata

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Microstachys corniculata. See image source here.

#867 They called me Microstachys corniculata, also known as Microstachys vahlii, Sebastiania glandulosa var. pohlii, Sebastiania corniculata var. poeppigii, and Sebastiania corniculata var. pohlii. I pay homage to the male botanists Martin Vahl, Pohl (I couldn’t find his records), and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1864.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Sporobolus pyramidatus

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Sporobolus pyramidatus. See image source here.

#866 They called me Sporobolus pyramidatus, also known as Vilfa richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 1936.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Commicarpus scandens

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#865 They called me Commicarpus scandens, also known as Boerhavia grahamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Graham. They first catalogued me in 1909.

Native to Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., and Venezuela.