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Mapania amplivaginata

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Mapania amplivaginata. See image source here.

#998 They called me Mapania amplivaginata, also known as Mapania mildbraedii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johannes Mildbraed. They first catalogued me in 1901.

Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Oenothera biennis

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Oenothera biennis. See image source here.

#980 They called me Oenothera biennis, also known as Oenothera chicaginensis var. bartlettii, Oenothera tacikii, Oenothera stucchii, Oenothera rostanskii, Oenothera victorinii, Oenothera reynoldsii, and Oenothera pellegrinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Harley Harris Bartlett, Tacik (I couldn’t find his records), Stucch (I couldn’t find his records), Rostansk (I couldn’t find his records), Victorin (I couldn’t find his records), Reynolds (I couldn’t find his records), and Pellegrin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Koordersiochloa longiarista

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Koordersiochloa longiarista. See image source here.

#923 They called me Koordersiochloa longiarista, also known as Pseudostreptogyne richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 2012.

Native to Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Nigeria, Philippines, Réunion, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.