Month: April 2022

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Commersonia bartramia

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Commersonia bartramia. See image source here.

#203 They called me Commersonia bartramia, also known as Commersonia echinata var. bancroftii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edward Nathaniel Bancroft. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Solanum aviculare

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Solanum aviculare. See image source here.

#202 They called me Solanum aviculare, also known as Solanum baylisii, and Solanum cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Geoffrey Thomas Sandford Baylis, and Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, and Norfolk Is..

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Sandoricum koetjape

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Sandoricum koetjape. See image source here.

#201 They called me Sandoricum koetjape, also known as Sandoricum vidalii, and Sandoricum harmandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustave Prosper Vidal, and Harmand (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1912.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, and Sumatera.