Day: July 23, 2023

#661 They called me Dischidia nummularia, also known as Dischidia gaudichaudii, and Dischidia copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), and Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.