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Hymenophyllum peltatum

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Hymenophyllum peltatum. See image source here.

#943 They called me Hymenophyllum peltatum, also known as Hymenophyllum mettenii, Hymenophyllum peltatum var. menziesii, and Hymenophyllum menziesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Metten (I couldn’t find his records), and Archibald Menzies. They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Luffa acutangula

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Luffa acutangula. See image source here.

#942 They called me Luffa acutangula, also known as Luffa forskalii, and Luffa kleinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), and Jacob Theodor Klein. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Crozet Is., Free State, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Victoria, and Zaïre.

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Myrsine coriacea

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Myrsine coriacea. See image source here.

#937 They called me Myrsine coriacea, also known as Myrsine jelskii, Rapanea jelskii, and Rapanea mandonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jelsk (I couldn’t find his records), and Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon. They first catalogued me in 1819.

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