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Dichaea morrisii

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Dichaea morrisii. See image source here.

#773 They called me Dichaea morrisii, also known as Epithecia morrisii, Dichaeopsis morrisii, Dichaea muricata var. moritzii, and Dichaea moritzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and Edward Lyman Morris, or John Morris. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..

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Solanum nigrescens

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Solanum nigrescens. See image source here.

#769 They called me Solanum nigrescens, also known as Solanum jahnii, Solanum nigrum var. dillenii, and Solanum rojasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alfredo Jahn, Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), and Rojas (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Cyrilla racemiflora

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Cyrilla racemiflora. See image source here.

#767 They called me Cyrilla racemiflora, also known as Cyrilla perrottetii, Cyrilla antillana var. perrottetii, and Stachyanthemum schomburgkii. I pay homage to the male botanists Perrottet (I couldn’t find his records), and Moritz Richard Schomburgk. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Alabama, Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, and Windward Is..