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Pygeum schlechteri

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Pygeum schlechteri. See image source here.

#528 They called me Pygeum schlechteri, also known as Pygeum forbesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1965.

Native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Solomon Is..

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Pittosporum campbellii

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Pittosporum campbellii. See image source here.

#526 They called me Pittosporum campbellii. I pay homage to the male botanist Douglas Houghton Campbell. They first catalogued me in 1873.

Native to Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Bulbophyllum apodum

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Bulbophyllum apodum. See image source here.

#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..