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Cuban Zephyrlily (Zephyranthes rosea)Observer
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Photo taken for future use in botany class.
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Fool Proof Plant (Billbergia pyramidalis)Observer
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Photo taken for use in botany class. The reproductive parts are color coded.
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Mottled Spurge (Euphorbia lactea)Observer
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Photographed for the prickles which appear to be highly modified stipules.
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Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)Observer
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The variety on Pohnpei is toxic.
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Tree Crinum (Crinum asiaticum)Observer
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All parts toxic, pls t contains dozens of alkaloids.
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Goosefoot-Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)Observer
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A photo taken for inclusion on a calcium oxalate containing plants in Araceae. After a day of clearing this aggressive invasive washing oneself down with vinegar seems to help fend off next day itchiness.
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Sensitive Weed (Mimosa pudica)Observer
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This non-diagnostic photo was taken only to capture the prickles on the stem. Botanically speaking, these appear to be prickles that arise from the epidermis and not true thorns that usually arise from an axillary bud and contain vascular tissue. I use iNaturalist in part as a way to find and display botanic features in my SC 250 Botany course. This way I can search my own observations for particular plants or plant that I know have a particular feature for use in my course. Perhaps a suboptimal photo filing system, and certainly not a design intent of iNaturalist, but I try to tend to my own observation and their identifications. My images are all CCO public domain so anyone else can also use them.
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Star of Bethlehem (Hippobroma longiflora)Observer
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Taken as part of a unit on toxic plants in SC 250 Botany. "It is notable for its concentrations of two pyridine alkaloids: lobeline and nicotine. The effects of nicotine and lobeline are quite similar, with psychoactive effects at small dosages and with unpleasant effects including vomiting, muscle paralysis, and trembling at higher dosages. When uprooting this weed, it is important to wear gloves: the sap is an irritant which can be absorbed through the skin, and a small amount of sap in the eyes can cause blindness." - Wikipedia
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Indian Mango (Mangifera indica)Observer
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Carbon lab tree number three
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Earpod Wattle (Acacia auriculiformis)Observer
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Carbon lab tree number two
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Brown Kurrajong (Commersonia bartramia)Observer
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Small tree
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Staghorn Clubmoss (Palhinhaea cernua)Observer
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Botany class field walk. Edit: Manual adjustment to the location to add accuracy and refine the location.
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Acalyptrate Flies (Zoosubsection Acalyptratae)Observer
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Flies that appeared in the dozens just sitting on the exterior walls
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Piper ponapenseObserver
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I think this might be P. ponapense. My students were less certain. They were more certain that this is not Piper betel. I don't think they have seen P. ponapense bloom so prolifically, but we are in the early stages of an El Niño driven drought. Plants are already water stressed. I haven't seen the reddish inflorescences before, but perhaps that is also due to conditions?
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Kerosene Tree (Cordia subcordata)Observer
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Tree popped seeds overhead onto me while I was running and juggling (joggling). Startled me. Dropped all three tennis balls. Nuclear meltdown.
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Genus BambusaObserver
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And this, my friends, is why we never trust a botanic garden sign. Trust me when I tell you that there is no Ipomoea anywhere within visual range of this sign. And, yes, the bamboo is definitely cultivated.