Month: December 2021

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Epidendrum secundum

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Epidendrum secundum. See image source here.

#80 They called me Epidendrum secundum, also known as Epidendrum herzogii. I pay homage to the male botanist Theodor Carl Julius Herzog. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Guyana, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Plumeria rubra

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Plumeria rubra. See image source here.

#79 They called me Plumeria rubra, also known as Plumeria jamesonii, Plumeria kerrii, and Plumeria gouanii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Jameson, Arthur Francis George Kerr, and Gouan (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bangladesh, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Venezuela.

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Davallia solida

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Davallia solida. See image source here.

#78 They called me Davallia solida, also known as Davallia robinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1801.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Easter Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..