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Dioscorea cordata

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Dioscorea cordata. See image source here.

#251 They called me Dioscorea cordata, also known as Rajania sintenisii, and Rajania ovata var. ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sintenis (I couldn’t find his records), and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 2016.

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Heteropogon contortus

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Heteropogon contortus. See image source here.

#248 They called me Heteropogon contortus, also known as Heteropogon roxburghii, Andropogon allionii, Heteropogon allionii, and Andropogon bellardii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and Bellard (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1817.

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Leucothrinax morrisii

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Leucothrinax morrisii. See image source here.

#237 They called me Leucothrinax morrisii, also known as Thrinax morrisii, and Thrinax ekmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Erik Leonard Ekman, and Edward Lyman Morris, or John Morris. They first catalogued me in 2008.