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Galactia dubia

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Galactia dubia. See image source here.

#549 They called me Galactia dubia, also known as Galactia dubia var. ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galápagos, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Operculina macrocarpa

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Operculina macrocarpa. See image source here.

#517 They called me Operculina macrocarpa, also known as Piptostegia gomesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Bernardino António Gomes, or Bernardino António Gomes. They first catalogued me in 1902.

Native to Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Ghana, Guinea, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Togo, and Windward Is..

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Piper amalago

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Piper amalago. See image source here.

#511 They called me Piper amalago, also known as Piper diguetii, Piper wilsonii, Piper lundellii, Piper macintoshii, Piper medium var. leonardii, Piper wulfschlaegelii, Piper henshenii, and Piper deamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diguet (I couldn’t find his records), Lundell (I couldn’t find his records), Macintosh (I couldn’t find his records), Leonard (I couldn’t find his records), Wulfschlaegel (I couldn’t find his records), Henshen (I couldn’t find his records), Deam (I couldn’t find his records), and Edward Elmer Wilson, Ernest Henry Wilson, Hugh Wilson, or William M. Wilson. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..