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Ipomoea batatas

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Ipomoea batatas. See image source here.

#143 They called me Ipomoea batatas, also known as Batatas wallii, Ipomoea purpusii, Ipomoea tiliacea var. smithii, and Ipomoea wallii. I pay homage to the male botanists Purpus (I couldn’t find his records), George Wall, M. A. Wall, or Arnold Wall, and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1793.

Native to Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, and Mexico Southwest.

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Opuntia stricta

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#140 They called me Opuntia stricta, also known as Opuntia bentonii, Opuntia bartramii, Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii, and Opuntia dillenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Benton (I couldn’t find his records), Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), Reitz (I couldn’t find his records), and John Bartram, Edwin Bunting Bartram, or William Bartram. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, South Carolina, and Texas.

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Capsicum annuum

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Capsicum annuum. See image source here.

#121 They called me Capsicum annuum, also known as Capsicum tournefortii, and Capsicum hamiltonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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