Month: May 2024

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Rumex japonicus

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Rumex japonicus. See image source here.

#958 They called me Rumex japonicus, also known as Rumex regelii. I pay homage to the male botanist Constantin Andreas von Regel, or Johann Albert von Regel. They first catalogued me in 1777.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Eulophia pulchra

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Eulophia pulchra. See image source here.

#957 They called me Eulophia pulchra, also known as Eulophia rouxii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nisius Roux. They first catalogued me in 1833.

Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Ogasawara-shoto, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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Desmodium scorpiurus

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Desmodium scorpiurus. See image source here.

#956 They called me Desmodium scorpiurus, also known as Meibomia martensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg Matthias von Martens, or Martin Martens. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.