Category: Plants

Categories
Plants

Agrostis gigantea

This plant's image
Agrostis gigantea. See image source here.

#346 They called me Agrostis gigantea, also known as Agrostis virletii, Agrostis welwitschii, Agrostis widenii, Agrostis gigantea var. gouxii, Vilfa gaudichaudii, Agrostis zerovii, Agrostis kitaibelii, and Agrostis sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanists Virlet (I couldn’t find his records), Friedrich Welwitsch, Widen (I couldn’t find his records), Goux (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Zerov (I couldn’t find his records), Pál Kitaibel, and John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.

Categories
Plants

Acriopsis liliifolia

This plant's image
Acriopsis liliifolia. See image source here.

#345 They called me Acriopsis liliifolia, also known as Acriopsis griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in -2147483648.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Categories
Plants

Eurya nitida

This plant's image
Eurya nitida. See image source here.

#344 They called me Eurya nitida, also known as Eurya hasseltii, and Eurya japonica var. thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johan Coenraad van Hasselt, and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, and Vietnam.