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Moraea pallida

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Moraea pallida. See image source here.

#40 They called me Moraea pallida, also known as Homeria mossii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Edward Moss. They first catalogued me in 1998.

Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, and Northern Provinces.

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Watsonia pillansii

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Watsonia pillansii. See image source here.

#38 They called me Watsonia pillansii, also known as Watsonia priorii, and Watsonia hutchinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pillans (I couldn’t find his records), Prior (I couldn’t find his records), and John Hutchinson. They first catalogued me in 1921.

Native to Cape Provinces, and KwaZulu-Natal.

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Aristea ecklonii

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Aristea ecklonii. See image source here.

#34 They called me Aristea ecklonii, also known as Aristea lastii, and Aristea maitlandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Last (I couldn’t find his records), and Maitland (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1877.

Native to Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.