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Actephila excelsa

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Actephila excelsa. See image source here.

#728 They called me Actephila excelsa, also known as Actephila thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1863.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Streblus taxoides

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Streblus taxoides. See image source here.

#721 They called me Streblus taxoides, also known as Taxotrophis roxburghii, and Phyllochlamys wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Trachyspermum ammi

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Trachyspermum ammi. See image source here.

#720 They called me Trachyspermum ammi, also known as Seseli gilliesii, Deverra korolkowii, Pituranthos korolkowii, and Carum korolkowii. I pay homage to the male botanists John Gillies, and Korolkow (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1929.

Native to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and West Himalaya.