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Annona reticulata

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Annona reticulata. See image source here.

#252 They called me Annona reticulata, also known as Annona humboldtii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander von Humboldt. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Venezuela.

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Crateva religiosa

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Crateva religiosa. See image source here.

#241 They called me Crateva religiosa, also known as Crateva hansemannii, and Crateva brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hansemann (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

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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..