Month: October 2022

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Maasia glauca

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Maasia glauca. See image source here.

#393 They called me Maasia glauca, also known as Unona merrittii, Polyalthia merrittii, and Polyalthia parkinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Merritt (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Edward Parkinson. They first catalogued me in 2008.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Oloptum miliaceum

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Oloptum miliaceum. See image source here.

#392 They called me Oloptum miliaceum, also known as Milium thomasii, Piptatherum miliaceum subsp. thomasii, Urachne thomasii, Oloptum thomasii, Oryzopsis thomasii, and Piptatherum thomasii. I pay homage to the male botanist Graham Stuart Thomas, or Mason Blanchard Thomas. They first catalogued me in 2012.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Waltheria indica

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Waltheria indica. See image source here.

#391 They called me Waltheria indica, also known as Waltheria wildii, and Waltheria martii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hiram Wild, and Mart (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..