Month: June 2024

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Anaphyllum wightii

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Anaphyllum wightii. See image source here.

#982 They called me Anaphyllum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1858.

Native to Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Gulf of Guinea Is..

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Commelina africana

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Commelina africana. See image source here.

#981 They called me Commelina africana, also known as Commelina mannii, and Commelina lyallii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustav Mann, and Lyall (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to India, and Laccadive Is..

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Oenothera biennis

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Oenothera biennis. See image source here.

#980 They called me Oenothera biennis, also known as Oenothera chicaginensis var. bartlettii, Oenothera tacikii, Oenothera stucchii, Oenothera rostanskii, Oenothera victorinii, Oenothera reynoldsii, and Oenothera pellegrinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Harley Harris Bartlett, Tacik (I couldn’t find his records), Stucch (I couldn’t find his records), Rostansk (I couldn’t find his records), Victorin (I couldn’t find his records), Reynolds (I couldn’t find his records), and Pellegrin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.