Month: March 2024

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Phleum phleoides

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Phleum phleoides. See image source here.

#903 They called me Phleum phleoides, also known as Phleum hostii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nicolaus Thomas Host. They first catalogued me in 1880.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Libya, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.

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Aglaia edulis

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Aglaia edulis. See image source here.

#902 They called me Aglaia edulis, also known as Aglaia curranii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh McCollum Curran. They first catalogued me in 1840.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Asplenium batuense

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Asplenium batuense. See image source here.

#901 They called me Asplenium batuense, also known as Asplenium brooksii, Diplora grashoffii, Asplenium grashoffii, and Phyllitis grashoffii. I pay homage to the male botanists Grashoff (I couldn’t find his records), and Cecil Joslin Brooks, or Maurice Graham Brooks. They first catalogued me in 1908.

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