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Piper dilatatum

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Piper dilatatum. See image source here.

#594 They called me Piper dilatatum, also known as Piper eggersii, Piper readii, Piper grahamii, and Piper seitzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers, Read (I couldn’t find his records), Robert Graham, and Seitz (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1792.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Paspalum millegranum

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#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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Piper reticulatum

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Piper reticulatum. See image source here.

#520 They called me Piper reticulatum, also known as Artanthe schlechtendalii, Steffensia schlechtendalii, and Piper duchassaingii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, and Duchassaing (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..