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Ixora timorensis

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Ixora timorensis. See image source here.

#463 They called me Ixora timorensis, also known as Ixora kochii. I pay homage to the male botanist Karl Koch, Georg Friedrich Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, or Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Sulawesi.

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Fevillea cordifolia

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Fevillea cordifolia. See image source here.

#462 They called me Fevillea cordifolia, also known as Nhandiroba karstenii, and Fevillea karstenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..

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Diplazium cristatum

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Diplazium cristatum. See image source here.

#461 They called me Diplazium cristatum, also known as Asplenium shepherdii, Diplazium shepherdii, and Diplazium arboreum var. shepherdii. I pay homage to the male botanist George John Shepherd. They first catalogued me in 1936.

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