Day: July 2, 2022

#275 They called me Tectaria decurrens, also known as Aspidium copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1907.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.