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Sideroxylon foetidissimum

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Sideroxylon foetidissimum. See image source here.

#356 They called me Sideroxylon foetidissimum, also known as Bumelia buchii, Bumelia obovata var. krugii, and Bumelia krugii. I pay homage to the male botanists Buch (I couldn’t find his records), and Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..

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Gossypium hirsutum

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Gossypium hirsutum. See image source here.

#334 They called me Gossypium hirsutum, also known as Gossypium schottii, Gossypium harrisii, Gossypium birkinshawii, Gossypium rhorii, Gossypium hirsutum f. pollardii, and Gossypium morrillii. I pay homage to the male botanists Birkinshaw (I couldn’t find his records), Rhor (I couldn’t find his records), Benedict John Pollard, Morrill (I couldn’t find his records), Warwick Harris, or Wayne K. Harris, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to Aruba, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Venezuela, and Venezuelan Antilles.

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Gliricidia sepium

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Gliricidia sepium. See image source here.

#246 They called me Gliricidia sepium, also known as Gliricidia lambii. I pay homage to the male botanist Anthony L. Lamb. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Belize, Brazil North, Brazil South, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Southwest Caribbean.