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Plantago australis

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Plantago australis. See image source here.

#836 They called me Plantago australis, also known as Plantago macrostachys var. stuckertii, Plantago kurtzii, Plantago stuckertii, and Plantago asplundii. I pay homage to the male botanists Stuckert (I couldn’t find his records), Asplund (I couldn’t find his records), and Karl Marie Max Kurtz, or Fritz (Federico) Kurtz. They first catalogued me in 1792.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Is., Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

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Epidendrum strobiliferum

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Epidendrum strobiliferum. See image source here.

#835 They called me Epidendrum strobiliferum, also known as Epidendrum mosenii, Epidendrum rodriguesii, and Epidendrum sellowii. I pay homage to the male botanists Mosen (I couldn’t find his records), Sellow (I couldn’t find his records), and João Barbosa Rodrigues, or William Antônio Rodrigues. They first catalogued me in 1859.

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

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Guarea glabra

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Guarea glabra. See image source here.

#834 They called me Guarea glabra, also known as Guarea schomburgkii, Guarea swartzii, Guarea donnell-smithii, and Guarea luxii. I pay homage to the male botanists Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Olof Swartz, Donnell-smith (I couldn’t find his records), and Lux (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1807.

Native to Brazil North, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..