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Babiana bainesii

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Babiana bainesii. See image source here.

#51 They called me Babiana bainesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henry Baines. They first catalogued me in 1876.

Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Moraea ochroleuca

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Moraea ochroleuca. See image source here.

#50 They called me Moraea ochroleuca, also known as Homeria lucasii. I pay homage to the male botanist Grenville Llewellyn Lucas, or Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas. They first catalogued me in 1836.

Native to Cape Provinces.

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Gladiolus sericeovillosus

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Gladiolus sericeovillosus. See image source here.

#47 They called me Gladiolus sericeovillosus, also known as Gladiolus ludwigii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Friedrich Ludwig. They first catalogued me in 1864.

Native to Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.