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Pentalinon luteum

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Pentalinon luteum. See image source here.

#129 They called me Pentalinon luteum, also known as Urechites andrewsii, and Echites andrewsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews, Charles William Andrews, Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews, George W. Andrews, Henry Nathaniel Andrews, Albert LeRoy Andrews, or Henry Cranke Andrews. They first catalogued me in 1986.

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., and Windward Is..

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Gladiolus huttonii

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Gladiolus huttonii. See image source here.

#128 They called me Gladiolus huttonii, also known as Homoglossum hollandii, and Homoglossum huttonii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Hutton, and John Henry Holland. They first catalogued me in 1990.

Native to Cape Provinces.

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Geissorhiza exscapa

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Geissorhiza exscapa. See image source here.

#127 They called me Geissorhiza exscapa, also known as Gladiolus thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1985.

Native to Cape Provinces.