Month: February 2022

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Geissorhiza bolusii

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Geissorhiza bolusii. See image source here.

#133 They called me Geissorhiza bolusii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harry Bolus. They first catalogued me in 1892.

Native to Cape Provinces.

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Bourreria succulenta

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Bourreria succulenta. See image source here.

#132 They called me Bourreria succulenta, also known as Bourreria wrightii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Henry Wright, Charles Wright, Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright, John Wright, or William Wright. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Heliotropium sarmentosum

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Heliotropium sarmentosum. See image source here.

#131 They called me Heliotropium sarmentosum, also known as Tournefortia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 2005.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, and Vietnam.