Month: September 2022

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Eurya nitida

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Eurya nitida. See image source here.

#344 They called me Eurya nitida, also known as Eurya hasseltii, and Eurya japonica var. thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johan Coenraad van Hasselt, and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Athyrium wardii

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Athyrium wardii. See image source here.

#343 They called me Athyrium wardii, also known as Asplenium wardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henry Baldwin Ward, Harry Marshall Ward, Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, or Lester Frank Ward. They first catalogued me in 1899.

Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., and Sri Lanka.

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Centaurium pulchellum

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Centaurium pulchellum. See image source here.

#342 They called me Centaurium pulchellum, also known as Centaurium hermannii, Erythraea gerardii, Centaurium pulchellum var. hermannii, Chironia vaillantii, Chironia gerardii, and Erythraea hermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Paul Hermann, John Gerard, and Sébastien Vaillant. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, and Yugoslavia.