Month: June 2022

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Taraxacum gilliesii

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Taraxacum gilliesii. See image source here.

#267 They called me Taraxacum gilliesii, also known as Taraxacum ibarii. I pay homage to the male botanists John Gillies, and Ibar (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1835.

Native to Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, and Falkland Is..

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Echium webbii

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Echium webbii. See image source here.

#266 They called me Echium webbii. I pay homage to the male botanist Colin James Webb, or Philip Barker Webb. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Canary Is..

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Dipteris conjugata

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Dipteris conjugata. See image source here.

#265 They called me Dipteris conjugata, also known as Drynaria horsfieldii, Dipteris horsfieldii, and Polypodium horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..