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Syngonium podophyllum

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Syngonium podophyllum. See image source here.

#747 They called me Syngonium podophyllum, also known as Syngonium poeppigii, Syngonium ruizii, Syngonium willdenowii, and Syngonium vellozianum var. poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Ruiz (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow. They first catalogued me in 1851.

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Deguelia scandens

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Deguelia scandens. See image source here.

#741 They called me Deguelia scandens, also known as Derris scandens var. toppinii, and Lonchocarpus killipii. I pay homage to the male botanists Toppin (I couldn’t find his records), and Ellsworth Paine Killip. They first catalogued me in 1775.

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Chrysothemis pulchella

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Chrysothemis pulchella. See image source here.

#725 They called me Chrysothemis pulchella, also known as Tussacia woodsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Everard Woodson. They first catalogued me in 1849.