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Piper dilatatum

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Piper dilatatum. See image source here.

#594 They called me Piper dilatatum, also known as Piper eggersii, Piper readii, Piper grahamii, and Piper seitzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, Read (I couldn’t find his records), Robert Graham, and Seitz (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1792.

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Vachellia macracantha

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Vachellia macracantha. See image source here.

#570 They called me Vachellia macracantha, also known as Acacia humboldtii, Poponax cowellii, and Acacia cowellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alexander von Humboldt, and Cowell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2006.

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Jatropha curcas

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Jatropha curcas. See image source here.

#553 They called me Jatropha curcas, also known as Curcas adansonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Michel Adanson. They first catalogued me in 1753.