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Spathandra blakeoides

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Spathandra blakeoides. See image source here.

#885 They called me Spathandra blakeoides, also known as Memecylon mannii, Memecylon tessmannii, Memecylon mildbraedii, and Memecylon millenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustav Mann, Tessmann (I couldn’t find his records), Johannes Mildbraed, and Millen (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1978.

Native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zaïre.

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Buforrestia mannii

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Buforrestia mannii. See image source here.

#884 They called me Buforrestia mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1881.

Native to Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., and Nigeria.

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Elatostema mannii

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Elatostema mannii. See image source here.

#883 They called me Elatostema mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1869.

Native to Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., and Nigeria.