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SPECIES
NAMES PAGE 'W'
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| walkeri | In honour of R. B. N. Walker, the collector. |
| wallacei | Named after Alfred Russel Wallace when, starting in 1848, made large collections of plants and animals in the Amazon basin. |
| wamiensis | From the Wami River, Tanzania, Africa. |
| waterloti | After a personal name. |
| weberi | Named for Claude Weber, from the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Génève, for his contributions to the knowledge of the genus Hypostomus. |
| weddellii | In honour of Weddell. |
| weitzmani | In honour of Dr. Stanley H.Weitzman, the American ichthyologist. |
| werneri | In honour of F. Werner, the Austrian zoologist. |
| wilsoni | In honour of Wilson. |
| wolffii | In honour of Wolff. |
| woodi | In honour of Mr. Rodney C. Wood, the collector. |
| woodsi | Named for Loren P. Woods. |
| woosnami | In honour of R. B. Woosnam, the collector. |
| worthingtoni | In honour of Worthington. |
| wynaadensis | From streams in in Wynaad, India. Wynaad is the type collection and "ensis" meaning from (Wynaad). |
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