Month: July 2022

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Chrysophyllum cainito

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Chrysophyllum cainito. See image source here.

#277 They called me Chrysophyllum cainito, also known as Chrysophyllum bonplandii. I pay homage to the male botanist Aimé Bonpland. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Panamá.

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Leontodon longirostris

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Leontodon longirostris. See image source here.

#276 They called me Leontodon longirostris, also known as Leontodon rothii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg Roth. They first catalogued me in 1982.

Native to Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, France, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Tunisia.

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Tectaria decurrens

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Tectaria decurrens. See image source here.

#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.