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Nelumbo nucifera

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Nelumbo nucifera. See image source here.

#807 They called me Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Nelumbium rheedii, and Nelumbo komarovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rheed (I couldn’t find his records), and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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Viburnum sambucinum

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Viburnum sambucinum. See image source here.

#806 They called me Viburnum sambucinum, also known as Viburnum forbesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1826.

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Evolvulus convolvuloides

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Evolvulus convolvuloides. See image source here.

#805 They called me Evolvulus convolvuloides, also known as Evolvulus karstenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten. They first catalogued me in 1972.