Tag: Bismarck Archipelago

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Cryptocarya laevigata

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Cryptocarya laevigata. See image source here.

#857 They called me Cryptocarya laevigata, also known as Cryptocarya merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Sumatera.

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Neololeba atra

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Neololeba atra. See image source here.

#852 They called me Neololeba atra, also known as Bambusa forbesii, Arundinaria cobonii, and Dendrocalamus forbesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Cobon (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1997.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, and Sulawesi.

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Pleocnemia dahlii

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Pleocnemia dahlii. See image source here.

#846 They called me Pleocnemia dahlii, also known as Phegopteris dahlii, Aspidium dahlii, Tectaria dahlii, and Dictyopteris dahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Anders Dahl. They first catalogued me in 1991.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Vanuatu.