Month: November 2023

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Actinidia kolomikta

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Actinidia kolomikta. See image source here.

#766 They called me Actinidia kolomikta, also known as Actinidia gagnepainii. I pay homage to the male botanist François Gagnepain. They first catalogued me in 1859.

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Brachypodium retusum

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Brachypodium retusum. See image source here.

#765 They called me Brachypodium retusum, also known as Brachypodium allionii, Brachypodium willkommii, Brachypodium hostii, Brachypodium plukenetii, and Bromus plukenetii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Nicolaus Thomas Host, and Leonard Plukenet. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Polyscias cumingiana

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Polyscias cumingiana. See image source here.

#764 They called me Polyscias cumingiana, also known as Aralia naumanii, Nothopanax cumingii, Panax cumingii, Polyscias cumingii, and Aralia naumannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nauman (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, and Naumann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1880.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Philippines.