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Luffa acutangula

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Luffa acutangula. See image source here.

#942 They called me Luffa acutangula, also known as Luffa forskalii, and Luffa kleinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), and Jacob Theodor Klein. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Crozet Is., Free State, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Victoria, and Zaïre.

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Grammitis poeppigiana

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Grammitis poeppigiana. See image source here.

#778 They called me Grammitis poeppigiana, also known as Grammitis armstrongii. I pay homage to the male botanist Wayne Paul Armstrong. They first catalogued me in 1978.

Native to Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Ascension, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Crozet Is., Falkland Is., Kerguelen, Macquarie Is., Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Georgia, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, and Victoria.

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Mentha cunninghamii

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Mentha cunninghamii. See image source here.

#729 They called me Mentha cunninghamii, also known as Micromeria cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1848.

Native to Chatham Is., New Zealand North, and New Zealand South.