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Phoradendron mucronatum

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Phoradendron mucronatum. See image source here.

#939 They called me Phoradendron mucronatum, also known as Phoradendron lyonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Geoffrey Lyon. They first catalogued me in 1897.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Dichaea pendula

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#900 They called me Dichaea pendula, also known as Dichaea swartzii, and Dichaea pendula var. swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Coursetia caribaea

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#869 They called me Coursetia caribaea, also known as Brittonamra caribaea var. edwardsii, Benthamantha edwardsii, Cracca edwardsii, Cracca caribaea var. edwardsii, Coursetia greenmanii, Cracca greenmanii, and Benthamantha greenmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edwards (I couldn’t find his records), and Jesse More Greenman. They first catalogued me in 1987.

Native to Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..