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Myrsine coriacea

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#937 They called me Myrsine coriacea, also known as Myrsine jelskii, Rapanea jelskii, and Rapanea mandonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jelsk (I couldn’t find his records), and Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon. They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Sporobolus pyramidatus

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#866 They called me Sporobolus pyramidatus, also known as Vilfa richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 1936.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Bromus catharticus

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#862 They called me Bromus catharticus, also known as Ceratochloa willdenowii, Bromus willdenowii, Bromus brongniartii, Bromus matthewsii, Bromus preslii, and Festuca stricta f. braunii. I pay homage to the male botanists Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, Henry Bleneowe Matthews, or Henry John Matthews, Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl, Adolphe Theodore Brongniart, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, or Alexandre Brongniart, and Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Ecuador, Juan Fernández Is., Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.