put edly ▁had ▁seen ▁the ▁draft ▁of ▁a ▁paper ▁called ▁On ▁the ▁natural ▁order ▁of ▁plants ▁called ▁Prote aceae ▁that ▁Robert ▁Brown ▁was ▁to ▁publish ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 0 . ▁Brown ▁called ▁the ▁species ▁M . ▁h ib ber ti i . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁Jean ▁Louis ▁Marie ▁Po ire t , ▁who ▁col lapsed ▁several ▁Prote aceae ▁gener a , ▁re ass igned ▁it ▁an ▁called ▁it ▁Prote a ▁h ib ber ti i . ▁John ▁H utch inson , ▁a ▁South ▁African ▁botan ist , ▁described ▁a ▁compar able ▁spec imen ▁collected ▁by ▁Z ey her , ▁which ▁he ▁called ▁M . ▁integr us ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁The ▁her b arium ▁sheet ▁on ▁which ▁it ▁is ▁based , ▁not ▁only ▁contains ▁a ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁splendid ▁pag oda , ▁but ▁also ▁of ▁the ▁silver ▁pag oda ▁( M . ▁arg ente us ), ▁and ▁has ▁caused ▁considerable ▁confusion . ▁Finally , ▁Christian ▁Friedrich ▁E ck lon ▁described ▁a ▁further ▁spec imen , ▁naming ▁it ▁M . ▁m und ii . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁John ▁Patrick ▁R our ke ▁considered ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁spec im ens ▁represent atives ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁species , ▁rendering ▁all ▁other ▁names ▁syn onym s ▁of ▁M . ▁splendid us . ▁ ▁Distribution , ▁habitat ▁and ▁e col ogy ▁ ▁The ▁splendid ▁pag oda ▁is ▁an ▁un common ▁species ▁that ▁mostly ▁occurs ▁as ▁single ▁individuals ▁or ▁small ▁groups . ▁It ▁has ▁a ▁rather