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Epithema horsfieldii

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Epithema horsfieldii. See image source here.

#926 They called me Epithema horsfieldii, also known as Aikinia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Jawa, and Lesser Sunda Is..

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Werauhia ringens

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Werauhia ringens. See image source here.

#925 They called me Werauhia ringens, also known as Tillandsia veitchii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harry Veitch, John Gould Veitch, Peter Veitch, or Harry James Veitch. They first catalogued me in 1995.

Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, and Windward Is..

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Aphananthe cuspidata

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#924 They called me Aphananthe cuspidata, also known as Gironniera thompsonii, and Gironniera curranii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Thompson, and Hugh McCollum Curran. They first catalogued me in 1873.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.