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#567 They called me Draba magellanica, also known as Draba saffordii, Draba chodatii, and Draba magellanica var. saffordii. I pay homage to the male botanists Safford (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Hippolyte Chodat. They first catalogued me in 1786.
#545 They called me Codonorchis lessonii, also known as Calopogon lessonii, Codonorchis skottsbergii, Codonorchis poeppigii, Pogonia lessonii var. skottsbergii, Epipactis lessonii, Pogonia lessonii, and Pogonia lessonii var. poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pierre Adolphe Lesson, Skottsberg (I couldn’t find his records), and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1840.
#409 They called me Veronica elliptica, also known as Veronica simpsonii, Hebe menziesii, and Veronica menziesii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, and Archibald Menzies. They first catalogued me in 1786.
