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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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Acalypha poiretii

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Acalypha poiretii. See image source here.

#527 They called me Acalypha poiretii, also known as Ricinocarpus poiretii, Acalypha williamsii, and Gymnalypha jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Poiret (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, and Texas.

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Zostera marina

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Zostera marina. See image source here.

#508 They called me Zostera marina, also known as Zostera marina var. phillipsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Barry W. Phillips, or Edwin Percy Phillips. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central American Pac, China North-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, Yugoslavia, and Yukon.