Month: March 2022

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Gaultheria domingensis

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Gaultheria domingensis. See image source here.

#161 They called me Gaultheria domingensis, also known as Gaultheria swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1902.

Native to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., and Windward Is..

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza. See image source here.

#160 They called me Bruguiera gymnorhiza, also known as Bruguiera zippelii, Bruguiera wightii, and Bruguiera rumphii. I pay homage to the male botanists Zippel (I couldn’t find his records), Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Djibouti, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Legousia hybrida

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Legousia hybrida. See image source here.

#159 They called me Legousia hybrida, also known as Legousia skvortsovii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexey Skvortsov. They first catalogued me in 1800.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Belgium, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.