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Melastoma cyanoides

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Melastoma cyanoides. See image source here.

#373 They called me Melastoma cyanoides, also known as Otanthera lamii, and Otanthera macgregorii. I pay homage to the male botanists Herman Johannes Lam, and Macgregor (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Cenchrus brownii

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Cenchrus brownii. See image source here.

#372 They called me Cenchrus brownii, also known as Cenchrus echinatus var. morisonii, and Cenchrus cavanillesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Robert Morison, Antonio José Cavanilles, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Trema orientalis

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Trema orientalis. See image source here.

#371 They called me Trema orientalis, also known as Sponia commersonii, Celtis commersonii, Trema wightii, Colubrina leschenaultii, Trema commersonii, and Sponia wightii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), Leschenault (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1856.

Native to Madagascar, China, and Australia.