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Nephrolepis biserrata

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Nephrolepis biserrata. See image source here.

#273 They called me Nephrolepis biserrata, also known as Aspidium hoffmannseggii, and Nephrodium hoffmanseggii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hoffmansegg (I couldn’t find his records), and Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, or Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg. They first catalogued me in 1834.

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Dipteris conjugata

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Dipteris conjugata. See image source here.

#265 They called me Dipteris conjugata, also known as Drynaria horsfieldii, Dipteris horsfieldii, and Polypodium horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1824.

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Hymenophyllum holochilum

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Hymenophyllum holochilum. See image source here.

#256 They called me Hymenophyllum holochilum, also known as Meringium merrillii, Hymenophyllum merrillii, Hymenophyllum boschii, and Hymenophyllum smithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch, 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 1905.