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Gladiolus schweinfurthii

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Gladiolus schweinfurthii. See image source here.

#648 They called me Gladiolus schweinfurthii, also known as Antholyza schweinfurthii, Homoglossum schweinfurthii, and Petamenes schweinfurthii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg August Schweinfurth. They first catalogued me in 1990.

Native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

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Peperomia leptostachya

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Peperomia leptostachya. See image source here.

#640 They called me Peperomia leptostachya, also known as Peperomia esquirolii, Peperomia bequaertii, and Peperomia moerenhoutii. I pay homage to the male botanists Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Moerenhout (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Ipomoea cairica

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Ipomoea cairica. See image source here.

#633 They called me Ipomoea cairica, also known as Ipomoea bouvetii, Batatas cavanillesii, Ipomoea jacquinii, Convolvulus cavanillesii, and Ipomoea cavanillesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bouvet (I couldn’t find his records), Antonio José Cavanilles, and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.