Month: April 2024

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Hymenophyllum peltatum

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Hymenophyllum peltatum. See image source here.

#943 They called me Hymenophyllum peltatum, also known as Hymenophyllum mettenii, Hymenophyllum peltatum var. menziesii, and Hymenophyllum menziesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Metten (I couldn’t find his records), and Archibald Menzies. They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Luffa acutangula

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Luffa acutangula. See image source here.

#942 They called me Luffa acutangula, also known as Luffa forskalii, and Luffa kleinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Forskal (I couldn’t find his records), and Jacob Theodor Klein. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Crozet Is., Free State, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Victoria, and Zaïre.

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Arenga pinnata

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Arenga pinnata. See image source here.

#941 They called me Arenga pinnata, also known as Saguerus rumphii, Gomutus rumphii, and Arenga griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and West Himalaya.