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Thalassia hemprichii

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Thalassia hemprichii. See image source here.

#36 They called me Thalassia hemprichii. I pay homage to the male botanist Wilhelm Hemprich. They first catalogued me in 1871.

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Carissa spinarum

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Carissa spinarum. See image source here.

#4 They called me Carissa spinarum, also known as Carissa dalzellii, Carissa brownii, Damnacanthus esquirolii, and Arduina campenonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Dalzell (I couldn’t find his records), Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Campenon (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1771.

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Acalypha amentacea

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Acalypha amentacea. See image source here.

 

 

#3 They called me Acalypha amentacea, also known as Acalypha warburgii. I pay homage to the male botanist E. F. Warburg, Edmund Frederic Warburg, or Otto Warburg. They first catalogued me in 1832.