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Showing Pentapanax willmottii
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Type: "On Mount Bellenden-Ker, at an elevation of about 5000 feet; Sayer and Davidson."
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Etymology: "The species bears the name of Dr. J. W. Willmott, President of the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association, in recognition of his high professional standing and his strenuous advocacy of all scientific objects here."