Month: December 2023

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Vicia grandiflora

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Vicia grandiflora. See image source here.

#816 They called me Vicia grandiflora, also known as Vicia biebersteinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein. They first catalogued me in 1771.

Native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Teijsmanniodendron hollrungii

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Teijsmanniodendron hollrungii. See image source here.

#815 They called me Teijsmanniodendron hollrungii, also known as Vitex hollrungii. I pay homage to the male botanist Max Udo Hollrung. They first catalogued me in 1951.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.

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Dryopteris hasseltii

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Dryopteris hasseltii. See image source here.

#814 They called me Dryopteris hasseltii, also known as Athyrium hasseltii, Polystichopsis hasseltii, Phegopteris hasseltii, Acrorumohra hasseltii, Byrsopteris hasseltii, Arachniodes hasseltii, Rumohra hasseltii, and Polypodium hasseltii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johan Coenraad van Hasselt. They first catalogued me in 1905.

Native to Assam, Borneo, Caroline Is., China South-Central, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.