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Eragrostis prolifera

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Eragrostis prolifera. See image source here.

#756 They called me Eragrostis prolifera, also known as Eragrostis salzmannii, and Eragrostis hagerupii. I pay homage to the male botanists Salzmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Olaf Hagerup. They first catalogued me in 1854.

Native to Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Southwest Caribbean, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is., and Zaïre.

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Cecropia peltata

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Cecropia peltata. See image source here.

#596 They called me Cecropia peltata, also known as Cecropia goodspeedii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Harper Goodspeed. They first catalogued me in 1759.

Native to Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Portulaca pilosa

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Portulaca pilosa. See image source here.

#492 They called me Portulaca pilosa, also known as Portulaca karwinskii, and Portulaca ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Karwinsk (I couldn’t find his records), and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..