Month: April 2024

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Dipterocarpus gracilis

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Dipterocarpus gracilis. See image source here.

#915 They called me Dipterocarpus gracilis, also known as Dipterocarpus van-der-hoevenii, and Dipterocarpus schmidtii. I pay homage to the male botanists Van-der-hoeven (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Utricularia uliginosa

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Utricularia uliginosa. See image source here.

#914 They called me Utricularia uliginosa, also known as Utricularia nayarii, and Utricularia griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nayar (I couldn’t find his records), and William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1804.

Native to Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.