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Terminalia citrina

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Terminalia citrina. See image source here.

#435 They called me Terminalia citrina, also known as Terminalia curtisii, Terminalia manii, and Terminalia teysmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Man (I couldn’t find his records), Teysmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis. They first catalogued me in 1810.

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

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Phragmites karka

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#433 They called me Phragmites karka, also known as Trichoon roxburghii, Phragmites roxburghii, and Arundo roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, and Yemen.

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Euphorbia pallens

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#430 They called me Euphorbia pallens, also known as Anisophyllum vahlii, Chamaesyce vahlii, Euphorbia coudercii, Euphorbia harmandii, Chamaesyce vachellii, Chamaesyce harmandii, Euphorbia vachellii, and Chamaesyce coudercii. I pay homage to the male botanists Martin Vahl, Couderc (I couldn’t find his records), Harmand (I couldn’t find his records), and Vachell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..