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Cestrum parqui

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Cestrum parqui. See image source here.

#635 They called me Cestrum parqui, also known as Cestrum adelbertii, Cestrum mandonii, Cestrum poeppigii, and Cestrum parqui var. poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Albert George Ludwig Adelbert, Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon, and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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Oplismenus compositus

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Oplismenus compositus. See image source here.

#632 They called me Oplismenus compositus, also known as Oplismenus thiebautii, Pollinia jacquinii, Oplismenus liebmannii, Oplismenus junghuhnii, Orthopogon junghuhnii, and Oplismenus owatarii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thiebaut (I couldn’t find his records), Liebmann (I couldn’t find his records), Junghuhn (I couldn’t find his records), Owatar (I couldn’t find his records), and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1812.

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Jatropha curcas

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Jatropha curcas. See image source here.

#553 They called me Jatropha curcas, also known as Curcas adansonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Michel Adanson. They first catalogued me in 1753.