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Paspalum millegranum

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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..

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Jatropha curcas

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#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.

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

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Galactia dubia

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#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..