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Ziziphus rugosa

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Ziziphus rugosa. See image source here.

#521 They called me Ziziphus rugosa, also known as Ziziphus horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1789.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Leea aequata

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Leea aequata. See image source here.

#507 They called me Leea aequata, also known as Leea kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1767.

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

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Ischaemum ciliare

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Ischaemum ciliare. See image source here.

#505 They called me Ischaemum ciliare, also known as Ischaemum ciliare var. wallichii, Andropogon retzii, Ischaemum indicum var. wallichii, and Ischaemum indicum var. togasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Retz (I couldn’t find his records), Togas (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.