Tag: Nicaragua

Categories
Plants

Cecropia peltata

This plant's image
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..

Categories
Plants

Piper umbellatum

This plant's image
Piper umbellatum. See image source here.

#575 They called me Piper umbellatum, also known as Pothomorphe allenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bruce H. Allen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

Categories
Plants

Paspalum millegranum

This plant's image
Paspalum millegranum. See image source here.

#565 They called me Paspalum millegranum, also known as Paspalum underwoodii. I pay homage to the male botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..