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Tabernaemontana rostrata

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Tabernaemontana rostrata. See image source here.

#789 They called me Tabernaemontana rostrata, also known as Ervatamia curtisii, Ervatamia evrardii, Ervatamia pitardii, Tabernaemontana evrardii, and Tabernaemontana pitardii. I pay homage to the male botanists Evrard (I couldn’t find his records), Pitard (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis. They first catalogued me in 1829.

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Aporosa octandra

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Aporosa octandra. See image source here.

#788 They called me Aporosa octandra, also known as Aporosa clellandii, Lepidostachys roxburghii, and Aporosa roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanists Clelland (I couldn’t find his records), and William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1982.

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Antidesma ghaesembilla

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Antidesma ghaesembilla. See image source here.

#776 They called me Antidesma ghaesembilla, also known as Antidesma schultzii, and Opilia thorelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), and August Christian Schultz, or Arthur Schultz. They first catalogued me in 1788.