Month: March 2024

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Dichaea pendula

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Dichaea pendula. See image source here.

#900 They called me Dichaea pendula, also known as Dichaea swartzii, and Dichaea pendula var. swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Elaphoglossum blumeanum

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Elaphoglossum blumeanum. See image source here.

#899 They called me Elaphoglossum blumeanum, also known as Elaphoglossum copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Sumatera.

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Garcinia indica

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Garcinia indica. See image source here.

#898 They called me Garcinia indica, also known as Garcinia rumphii, Garcinia benthamii, Garcinia kurzii, and Garcinia kingii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), George Bentham, George King, and Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Assam, and India.