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Galactia dubia

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Galactia dubia. See image source here.

#549 They called me Galactia dubia, also known as Galactia dubia var. ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galápagos, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Northern Territory, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Euphorbia lecheoides

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Euphorbia lecheoides. See image source here.

#547 They called me Euphorbia lecheoides, also known as Chamaesyce wilsonii, Euphorbia lecheoides var. wilsonii, and Chamaesyce lecheoides var. wilsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edward Elmer Wilson, Ernest Henry Wilson, Hugh Wilson, or William M. Wilson. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Bahamas, and Turks-Caicos Is..

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Consolea macracantha

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Consolea macracantha. See image source here.

#494 They called me Consolea macracantha, also known as Consolea nashii, Opuntia nashii, Consolea millspaughii, Consolea spinosissima subsp. millspaughii, Consolea macracantha subsp. nashii, and Opuntia millspaughii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Valentine Nash, and Charles Frederick Millspaugh. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Florida, and Turks-Caicos Is..