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Vanda hindsii

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Vanda hindsii. See image source here.

#787 They called me Vanda hindsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Brinsley Hinds. They first catalogued me in 1843.

Native to New Guinea, Queensland, and Solomon Is..

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Rinorea horneri

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Rinorea horneri. See image source here.

#761 They called me Rinorea horneri, also known as Rinorea brownii, Rinorea curtisii, Rinorea hamelii, Alsodeia curtisii, Alsodeia brownii, and Rinorea copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gontran Georges Henri Hamel, Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland, Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Rhynchosia acuminatissima

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Rhynchosia acuminatissima. See image source here.

#752 They called me Rhynchosia acuminatissima, also known as Rhynchosia versteegii, Rhynchosia cunninghamii, and Dolicholus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Versteeg (I couldn’t find his records), and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1855.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam.