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Bauhinia galpinii

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Bauhinia galpinii. See image source here.

#618 They called me Bauhinia galpinii, also known as Perlebia galpinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Ernest Edward Galpin. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Angola, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.

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Arum concinnatum

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Arum concinnatum. See image source here.

#617 They called me Arum concinnatum, also known as Arum nickelii, and Arum wettsteinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nickel (I couldn’t find his records), and Richard Wettstein, or Wolfgang Wettstein. They first catalogued me in 1857.

Native to East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, and Turkey.

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Aglaonema simplex

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Aglaonema simplex. See image source here.

#616 They called me Aglaonema simplex, also known as Aglaonema nieuwenhuisii, and Aglaonema simplex f. nieuwenhuisii. I pay homage to the male botanist A.W. Nieuwenhuis. They first catalogued me in 1837.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.