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Legousia hybrida

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Legousia hybrida. See image source here.

#159 They called me Legousia hybrida, also known as Legousia skvortsovii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexey Skvortsov. They first catalogued me in 1800.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Belgium, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

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Sterculia shillinglawii

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Sterculia shillinglawii. See image source here.

#158 They called me Sterculia shillinglawii, also known as Sterculia conwentzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Shillinglaw (I couldn’t find his records), and Hugo Conwentz. They first catalogued me in 1887.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., and Solomon Is..

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Terminalia catappa

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Terminalia catappa. See image source here.

#157 They called me Terminalia catappa, also known as Myrobalanus commersonii, Terminalia copelandii, and Badamia commersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), and Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..