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Euphorbia pulcherrima

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Euphorbia pulcherrima. See image source here.

#540 They called me Euphorbia pulcherrima, also known as Euphorbia poinsettii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, and Mexico Southwest.

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Haematoxylum campechianum

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Haematoxylum campechianum. See image source here.

#525 They called me Haematoxylum campechianum, also known as Cymbosepalum baronii. I pay homage to the male botanist P. Alexis Baron. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, and Mexico Southeast.

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Rhabdadenia biflora

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Rhabdadenia biflora. See image source here.

#518 They called me Rhabdadenia biflora, also known as Echites billbergii, Dipladenia billbergii, Echites ehrenbergii, Rhabdadenia ehrenbergii, and Echites bilbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustaf Johan Billberg, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Bilberg (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..