While the type specimen was collected long ago, the plant was not observed or collected again for over a century. Simonsson and Rodda described it in 2017 and named it after its original collector Gerard Versteeg (1876-1943).
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While the type specimen was collected long ago, the plant was not observed or collected again for over a century. Simonsson and Rodda described it in 2017 and named it after its original collector Gerard Versteeg (1876-1943).