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Opuntia stricta

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Opuntia stricta. See image source here.

#140 They called me Opuntia stricta, also known as Opuntia bentonii, Opuntia bartramii, Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii, and Opuntia dillenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Benton (I couldn’t find his records), Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), Reitz (I couldn’t find his records), and John Bartram, Edwin Bunting Bartram, or William Bartram. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, South Carolina, and Texas.

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Sisyrinchium rosulatum

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Sisyrinchium rosulatum. See image source here.

#24 They called me Sisyrinchium rosulatum, also known as Sisyrinchium brownii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1899.

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.

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Sisyrinchium angustifolium

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Sisyrinchium angustifolium. See image source here.

#20 They called me Sisyrinchium angustifolium, also known as Sisyrinchium nuttallii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Nuttall. They first catalogued me in 1768.

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.