Month: March 2022

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Abelmoschus moschatus

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Abelmoschus moschatus. See image source here.

#179 They called me Abelmoschus moschatus, also known as Hibiscus roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in -2147483648.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Cenchrus purpureus

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Cenchrus purpureus. See image source here.

#178 They called me Cenchrus purpureus, also known as Pennisetum benthamii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Bentham. They first catalogued me in 2010.

Native to Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Eustrephus latifolius

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Eustrephus latifolius. See image source here.

#177 They called me Eustrephus latifolius, also known as Eustrephus latifolius var. brownii, and Eustrephus brownii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland, Solomon Is., and Victoria.