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Derris elliptica

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Derris elliptica. See image source here.

#755 They called me Derris elliptica, also known as Pongamia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Aerides odorata

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Aerides odorata. See image source here.

#749 They called me Aerides odorata, also known as Aerides reichenbachii, and Aerides micholitzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Micholitz (I couldn’t find his records), and Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Ludwig Reichenbach, or Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Reichenbach. They first catalogued me in 1790.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Pomatocalpa spicatum

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Pomatocalpa spicatum. See image source here.

#735 They called me Pomatocalpa spicatum, also known as Saccolabium hobsonii, Cleisostoma mannii, and Pomatocalpa mannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edward Hobson, and Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.