Month: February 2024

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Camptostylus mannii

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Camptostylus mannii. See image source here.

#879 They called me Camptostylus mannii, also known as Caloncoba mannii, and Oncoba mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1925.

Native to Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, and Zaïre.

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Psychotria merrillii

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Psychotria merrillii. See image source here.

#878 They called me Psychotria merrillii, also known as Canthium valetonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, and Valeton (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1932.

Native to Caroline Is..

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Blumeodendron kurzii

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Blumeodendron kurzii. See image source here.

#877 They called me Blumeodendron kurzii, also known as Mallotus kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, and Thailand.