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Croton guildingii

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Croton guildingii. See image source here.

#1023 They called me Croton guildingii, also known as Oxydectes guildingii, Croton dussii, Croton jardinii, and Oxydectes jardinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Lansdown Guilding, Duss (I couldn’t find his records), and Jardin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1859.

Native to Sri Lanka.

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Gahnia javanica

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Gahnia javanica. See image source here.

#1022 They called me Gahnia javanica, also known as Schoenus hasskarlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Justus Carl Hasskarl. They first catalogued me in 1846.

Native to Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..

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Merremia hirta

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Merremia hirta. See image source here.

#1021 They called me Merremia hirta, also known as Convolvulus benthamii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Bentham. They first catalogued me in 1912.

Native to Borneo, China South-Central, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam.