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Burckella obovata

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Burckella obovata. See image source here.

#650 They called me Burckella obovata, also known as Illipe hollrungii, Illipe mentzelii, Bassia kajewskii, Bassia hollrungii, Burckella hollrungii, Burckella kajewskii, and Payena mentzelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Max Udo Hollrung, Mentzel (I couldn’t find his records), and Kajewsk (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1890.

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Castanospermum australe

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Castanospermum australe. See image source here.

#593 They called me Castanospermum australe, also known as Castanospermum cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1829.

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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.