Month: April 2023

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Diospyros canaliculata

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Diospyros canaliculata. See image source here.

#562 They called me Diospyros canaliculata, also known as Diospyros treubii, and Diospyros bequaertii. I pay homage to the male botanists Treub (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Charles Bequaert. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Zaïre.

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Teijsmanniodendron pteropodum

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Teijsmanniodendron pteropodum. See image source here.

#561 They called me Teijsmanniodendron pteropodum, also known as Vitex koordersii. I pay homage to the male botanist Sijfert Hendrik Koorders. They first catalogued me in 1921.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Crocus mathewii

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Crocus mathewii. See image source here.

#560 They called me Crocus mathewii. I pay homage to the male botanist Brian Frederick Mathew. They first catalogued me in 1994.

Native to Turkey.