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Luffa acutangula

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Luffa acutangula. See image source here.

#942 They called me Luffa acutangula, also known as Luffa forskalii, and Luffa kleinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), and Jacob Theodor Klein. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Crozet Is., Free State, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Victoria, and Zaïre.

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Ceropegia cumingiana

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Ceropegia cumingiana. See image source here.

#932 They called me Ceropegia cumingiana, also known as Ceropegia merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1844.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, and Sulawesi.

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Pinalia bractescens

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Pinalia bractescens. See image source here.

#928 They called me Pinalia bractescens, also known as Eria griffithii, Eria dillwynii, Eria bractescens var. kurzii, and Eria kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, Dillwyn (I couldn’t find his records), and Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.