Tag: Mexico Southeast

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Sambucus canadensis

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Sambucus canadensis. See image source here.

#148 They called me Sambucus canadensis, also known as Sambucus simpsonii, and Sambucus eberhardtii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, and Eberhardt (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, California, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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Tagetes erecta

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Tagetes erecta. See image source here.

#145 They called me Tagetes erecta, also known as Tagetes ernstii. I pay homage to the male botanist Adolf Ernst, Alfred Ernst, or Wallace Roy Ernst. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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

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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.