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Dendropanax arboreus

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Dendropanax arboreus. See image source here.

#775 They called me Dendropanax arboreus, also known as Gilibertia schippii, Gilibertia rothschuhii, Dendropanax schippii, Dendropanax juergensenii, Gilibertia juergensenii, and Sciodaphyllum jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schipp (I couldn’t find his records), Rothschuh (I couldn’t find his records), Juergensen (I couldn’t find his records), and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1854.

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

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Varronia curassavica

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Varronia curassavica. See image source here.

#757 They called me Varronia curassavica, also known as Cordia anderssonii, and Lithocardium anderssonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nils Johan Andersson. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Megalastrum subincisum

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#750 They called me Megalastrum subincisum, also known as Nephrodium gilbertii, and Phegopteris galeottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edouard-Jean Gilbert, and Galeott (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1988.

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..