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Actephila excelsa

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Actephila excelsa. See image source here.

#728 They called me Actephila excelsa, also known as Actephila thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1863.

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Pistia stratiotes

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Pistia stratiotes. See image source here.

#718 They called me Pistia stratiotes, also known as Pistia cumingii, and Pistia turpinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Cuming, and Turpin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Agelaea macrophylla

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Agelaea macrophylla. See image source here.

#715 They called me Agelaea macrophylla, also known as Castanola wallichii, Agelaea diepenhorstii, Agelaea wallichii, Agelaea hullettii, Castanola hullettii, Connarus diepenhorstii, and Hemiandrina hullettii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diepenhorst (I couldn’t find his records), Hullett (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1958.