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Diplazium centripetale

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Diplazium centripetale. See image source here.

#529 They called me Diplazium centripetale, also known as Diplazium eggersii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, 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..

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Rhabdadenia biflora

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Rhabdadenia biflora. See image source here.

#518 They called me Rhabdadenia biflora, also known as Echites billbergii, Dipladenia billbergii, Echites ehrenbergii, Rhabdadenia ehrenbergii, and Echites bilbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustaf Johan Billberg, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Bilberg (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1860.

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