Month: January 2023

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Heliconia indica

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Heliconia indica. See image source here.

#482 They called me Heliconia indica, also known as Heliconia seemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Berthold Carl Seemann, or Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann. They first catalogued me in 1785.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Xanthosoma undipes

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Xanthosoma undipes. See image source here.

#481 They called me Xanthosoma undipes, also known as Arum nigrum var. schottii, Xanthosoma jacquinii, Xanthosoma atrovirens var. kochii, and Xanthosoma atrovirens var. moritzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott, and Karl Koch, Georg Friedrich Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, or Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. They first catalogued me in 1856.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Setaria dielsii

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Setaria dielsii. See image source here.

#480 They called me Setaria dielsii, also known as Setaria buchananii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diels (I couldn’t find his records), and John Buchanan, or Alex M. Buchanan. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Lesser Sunda Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.