Month: December 2022

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Phragmites karka

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Phragmites karka. See image source here.

#433 They called me Phragmites karka, also known as Trichoon roxburghii, Phragmites roxburghii, and Arundo roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, and Yemen.

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Anacolosa frutescens

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Anacolosa frutescens. See image source here.

#432 They called me Anacolosa frutescens, also known as Salacia bartlettii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harley Harris Bartlett. They first catalogued me in 1850.

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

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Glebionis segetum

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Glebionis segetum. See image source here.

#431 They called me Glebionis segetum, also known as Chrysanthemum welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Welwitsch. They first catalogued me in 1869.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.