Month: November 2023

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Grammitis poeppigiana

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Grammitis poeppigiana. See image source here.

#778 They called me Grammitis poeppigiana, also known as Grammitis armstrongii. I pay homage to the male botanist Wayne Paul Armstrong. They first catalogued me in 1978.

Native to Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Ascension, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Crozet Is., Falkland Is., Kerguelen, Macquarie Is., Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Georgia, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, and Victoria.

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Passiflora aurantia

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Passiflora aurantia. See image source here.

#777 They called me Passiflora aurantia, also known as Passiflora storckii, Disemma storckii, Passiflora banksii, and Passiflora aurantia var. banksii. I pay homage to the male botanists Storck (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Samoa, Sulawesi, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

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Antidesma ghaesembilla

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Antidesma ghaesembilla. See image source here.

#776 They called me Antidesma ghaesembilla, also known as Antidesma schultzii, and Opilia thorelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), and August Christian Schultz, or Arthur Schultz. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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