Month: February 2022

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Angiopteris evecta

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Angiopteris evecta. See image source here.

#139 They called me Angiopteris evecta, also known as Angiopteris ruttenii, Angiopteris norrisii, Angiopteris cumingii, Angiopteris willinkii, Angiopteris lauterbachii, Angiopteris naumannii, Angiopteris lorentzii, and Angiopteris hellwigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rutten (I couldn’t find his records), Norris (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, Willink (I couldn’t find his records), Lauterbach (I couldn’t find his records), Naumann (I couldn’t find his records), Hendrik Anton Lorentz, and Hellwig (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1794.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Polygonum equisetiforme

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Polygonum equisetiforme. See image source here.

#138 They called me Polygonum equisetiforme, also known as Polygonum ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Western Sahara.

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Plantago subulata

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Plantago subulata. See image source here.

#137 They called me Plantago subulata, also known as Plantago wulfenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Xavier von Wulfen, or Franz Xaver von Wulfen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.