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Pectis linearis

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#608 They called me Pectis linearis, also known as Pectis elongata var. schottii, and Pectis schottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Aruba, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Cecropia peltata

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Cecropia peltata. See image source here.

#596 They called me Cecropia peltata, also known as Cecropia goodspeedii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Harper Goodspeed. They first catalogued me in 1759.

Native to Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Datura stramonium

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Datura stramonium. See image source here.

#559 They called me Datura stramonium, also known as Datura bernhardii, Datura cabanesii, Datura bertolonii, and Datura wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bernhard (I couldn’t find his records), Cabanes (I couldn’t find his records), Bertolon (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Texas, and Turks-Caicos Is..