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Thecacoris stenopetala

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Thecacoris stenopetala. See image source here.

#870 They called me Thecacoris stenopetala, also known as Thecacoris batesii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Mallory Bates. They first catalogued me in 1866.

Native to Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

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Agelaea rubiginosa

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Agelaea rubiginosa. See image source here.

#820 They called me Agelaea rubiginosa, also known as Agelaea schweinfurthii, Agelaea laurentii, and Agelaea vanderystii. I pay homage to the male botanists Georg August Schweinfurth, Laurent (I couldn’t find his records), and Vanderyst (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., and Zaïre.

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Sorindeia grandifolia

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Sorindeia grandifolia. See image source here.

#791 They called me Sorindeia grandifolia, also known as Sorindeia schweinfurthii, and Sorindeia ledermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Georg August Schweinfurth, and Ledermann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Zaïre.