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Bletia florida

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Bletia florida. See image source here.

#966 They called me Bletia florida, also known as Bletia shepherdii. I pay homage to the male botanist George John Shepherd. They first catalogued me in 1813.

Native to Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, and Zaïre.

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Ipomoea fimbriosepala

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Ipomoea fimbriosepala. See image source here.

#951 They called me Ipomoea fimbriosepala, also known as Ipomoea smithii, and Ipomoea gilletii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gillet (I couldn’t find his records), and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Lotus cytisoides

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Lotus cytisoides. See image source here.

#950 They called me Lotus cytisoides, also known as Lotus allionii, and Lotus cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Congo, Fiji, Madagascar, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Réunion, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., and Zaïre.