Month: July 2022

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Pinanga coronata

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Pinanga coronata. See image source here.

#289 They called me Pinanga coronata, also known as Pinanga kuhlii, Seaforthia kuhlii, and Ptychosperma kuhlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Heinrich Kuhl. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., and Sumatera.

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Galium setaceum

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Galium setaceum. See image source here.

#288 They called me Galium setaceum, also known as Galium sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

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Tapeinidium moluccanum

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Tapeinidium moluccanum. See image source here.

#287 They called me Tapeinidium moluccanum, also known as Hypolepis smithii. I pay homage to the male botanist James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1929.

Native to Caroline Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Samoa, Society Is., and Sulawesi.