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Halodule wrightii

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Halodule wrightii. See image source here.

#151 They called me Halodule wrightii, also known as Diplanthera wrightii, and Diplanthera dawsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Yale Dawson, or Murray Ian Dawson, and Charles Henry Wright, Charles Wright, Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright, John Wright, or William Wright. They first catalogued me in 1868.

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Dieffenbachia seguine

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Dieffenbachia seguine. See image source here.

#103 They called me Dieffenbachia seguine, also known as Dieffenbachia poeppigii, Dieffenbachia seguine subvar. wallisii, Dieffenbachia wallisii, Dieffenbachia picta subvar. jenmanii, Dieffenbachia jenmanii, Dieffenbachia verschaffeltii, and Dieffenbachia chelsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Jenman (I couldn’t find his records), Verschaffelt (I couldn’t find his records), Chelson (I couldn’t find his records), and M. Wallis, or Gustav Wallis. They first catalogued me in 1832.

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Oplismenus hirtellus

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Oplismenus hirtellus. See image source here.

#98 They called me Oplismenus hirtellus, also known as Panicum balfourii, and Oplismenus borhidii. I pay homage to the male botanists Borhid (I couldn’t find his records), and John Hutton Balfour, or Isaac Bayley Balfour. They first catalogued me in 1812.