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Phreatia hypsorrhynchos

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Phreatia hypsorrhynchos. See image source here.

#792 They called me Phreatia hypsorrhynchos, also known as Phreatia comptonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Harold Compton. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Sorindeia grandifolia

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Sorindeia grandifolia. See image source here.

#791 They called me Sorindeia grandifolia, also known as Sorindeia schweinfurthii, and Sorindeia ledermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Georg August Schweinfurth, and Ledermann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Zaïre.

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Reissantia indica

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Reissantia indica. See image source here.

#790 They called me Reissantia indica, also known as Hippocratea lobbii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Lobb, or William Lobb. They first catalogued me in 1962.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.