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Solanum torvum

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Solanum torvum. See image source here.

#279 They called me Solanum torvum, also known as Solanum mannii, and Solanum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustav Mann, and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Vachellia farnesiana

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Vachellia farnesiana. See image source here.

#232 They called me Vachellia farnesiana, also known as Acacia smallii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Kunkel Small, or Ernest Small. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Spermacoce remota

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Spermacoce remota. See image source here.

#227 They called me Spermacoce remota, also known as Spermacoce chapmanii, and Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), and Alvan Wentworth Chapman, or Alexander Robert Chapman. They first catalogued me in 1792.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..