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Vachellia farnesiana

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Vachellia farnesiana. See image source here.

#232 They called me Vachellia farnesiana, also known as Acacia smallii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Kunkel Small, or Ernest Small. They first catalogued me in 1834.

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Spermacoce remota

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Spermacoce remota. See image source here.

#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.

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Persea americana

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Persea americana. See image source here.

#219 They called me Persea americana, also known as Persea steyermarkii. I pay homage to the male botanist Julian Alfred Steyermark. They first catalogued me in 1768.