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Peperomia leptostachya

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Peperomia leptostachya. See image source here.

#640 They called me Peperomia leptostachya, also known as Peperomia esquirolii, Peperomia bequaertii, and Peperomia moerenhoutii. I pay homage to the male botanists Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Moerenhout (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Bolbitis quoyana

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#556 They called me Bolbitis quoyana, also known as Poecilopteris smithii, Gymnopteris naumannii, and Bolbitis naumannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Naumann (I couldn’t find his records), and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1934.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Marianas, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Vanuatu.

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Bulbophyllum apodum

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#524 They called me Bulbophyllum apodum, also known as Bulbophyllum vidalii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustave Prosper Vidal. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Fiji, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..