Month: July 2023

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Pteris terminalis

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Pteris terminalis. See image source here.

#654 They called me Pteris terminalis, also known as Pteris kuhnii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Hornstedtia scottiana

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Hornstedtia scottiana. See image source here.

#653 They called me Hornstedtia scottiana, also known as Cardamomum scottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Leslie Scott, Munro Briggs Scott, or Andrew John Scott. They first catalogued me in 1904.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Sesbania grandiflora

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Sesbania grandiflora. See image source here.

#652 They called me Sesbania grandiflora, also known as Sesbania mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1806.

Native to Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, and Philippines.