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Iresine diffusa

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Iresine diffusa. See image source here.

#364 They called me Iresine diffusa, also known as Iresine endlichii, Iresine mutisii, and Alternanthera forsstroemii. I pay homage to the male botanists Endlich (I couldn’t find his records), José Celestino Bruno Mutis, and Forsstroem (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1806.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, 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, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Sideroxylon foetidissimum

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#356 They called me Sideroxylon foetidissimum, also known as Bumelia buchii, Bumelia obovata var. krugii, and Bumelia krugii. I pay homage to the male botanists Buch (I couldn’t find his records), and Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Leopold Krug. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..

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Coccoloba swartzii

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Coccoloba swartzii. See image source here.

#350 They called me Coccoloba swartzii, also known as Uvifera swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1856.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..