Month: March 2024

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Phalaris paradoxa

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Phalaris paradoxa. See image source here.

#888 They called me Phalaris paradoxa, also known as Phalaris sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Radiogrammitis jagoriana

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Radiogrammitis jagoriana. See image source here.

#887 They called me Radiogrammitis jagoriana, also known as Polypodium koordersii, and Polypodium christii. I pay homage to the male botanists Sijfert Hendrik Koorders, and Konrad H. Christ. They first catalogued me in 1941.

Native to Borneo, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Sulawesi, and Solomon Is..

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Psychotria camptopus

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Psychotria camptopus. See image source here.

#886 They called me Psychotria camptopus, also known as Cephaelis mannii, Uragoga mannii, and Camptopus mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1975.

Native to Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, and Gulf of Guinea Is..