Month: July 2023

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Mickelia nicotianifolia

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Mickelia nicotianifolia. See image source here.

#669 They called me Mickelia nicotianifolia, also known as Bolbitis killipii, and Leptochilus killipii. I pay homage to the male botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip. They first catalogued me in 2010.

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

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Sedum hispanicum

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Sedum hispanicum. See image source here.

#668 They called me Sedum hispanicum, also known as Sedum witmannii, and Sedum andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Witmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1755.

Native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Deparia japonica

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Deparia japonica. See image source here.

#667 They called me Deparia japonica, also known as Diplazium thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1977.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.