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Leptaspis banksii

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Leptaspis banksii. See image source here.

#497 They called me Leptaspis banksii, also known as Pharus banksii, and Leptaspis cumingii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Cuming, and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1810.

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Musa troglodytarum

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Musa troglodytarum. See image source here.

#490 They called me Musa troglodytarum, also known as Musa seemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Berthold Carl Seemann, or Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann. They first catalogued me in 1763.

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Grammitis contigua

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Grammitis contigua. See image source here.

#487 They called me Grammitis contigua, also known as Prosaptia preslii, Grammitis preslii, Davallia preslii, Prosaptia rosenstockii, and Grammitis rosenstockii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rosenstock (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 2018.