Month: October 2022

Categories
Plants

Rhododendron ponticum

This plant's image
Rhododendron ponticum. See image source here.

#375 They called me Rhododendron ponticum, also known as Rhododendron adansonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Michel Adanson. They first catalogued me in 1762.

Native to Bulgaria, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey, and Turkey-in-Europe.

Categories
Plants

Myrcianthes fragrans

This plant's image
Myrcianthes fragrans. See image source here.

#374 They called me Myrcianthes fragrans, also known as Eugenia simpsonii, Myrcianthes fragrans var. simpsonii, Anamomis simpsonii, Myrcianthes simpsonii, Myrcianthes dugandii, Myrcianthes fragrans subsp. simpsonii, Eugenia dugandii, and Eugenia steyermarkii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Simpson, Dugand (I couldn’t find his records), and Julian Alfred Steyermark. They first catalogued me in 1963.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

Categories
Plants

Melastoma cyanoides

This plant's image
Melastoma cyanoides. See image source here.

#373 They called me Melastoma cyanoides, also known as Otanthera lamii, and Otanthera macgregorii. I pay homage to the male botanists Herman Johannes Lam, and Macgregor (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.