Month: October 2021

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Cephalotaxus oliveri

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Cephalotaxus oliveri. See image source here.

#10 They called me Cephalotaxus oliveri, also known as Cephalotaxus griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1898.

Native to China South-Central, and China Southeast.

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Triumfetta rhomboidea

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Triumfetta rhomboidea. See image source here.

#9 They called me Triumfetta rhomboidea, also known as Triumfetta vahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Martin Vahl. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Alternanthera pungens

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Alternanthera pungens. See image source here.

#8 They called me Alternanthera pungens, also known as Achyranthes lorentzii, and Alternanthera lorentzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hendrik Anton Lorentz. They first catalogued me in 1818.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela.