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Pelargonium peltatum

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Pelargonium peltatum. See image source here.

#546 They called me Pelargonium peltatum, also known as Pelargonium bachmannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann. They first catalogued me in 1789.

Native to Cape Provinces.

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Codonorchis lessonii

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#545 They called me Codonorchis lessonii, also known as Calopogon lessonii, Codonorchis skottsbergii, Codonorchis poeppigii, Pogonia lessonii var. skottsbergii, Epipactis lessonii, Pogonia lessonii, and Pogonia lessonii var. poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pierre Adolphe Lesson, Skottsberg (I couldn’t find his records), and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1840.

Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, and Falkland Is..

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Sterculia parviflora

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Sterculia parviflora. See image source here.

#544 They called me Sterculia parviflora, also known as Sterculia holttumii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Eric Holttum. They first catalogued me in 1831.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.