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Scolopia spinosa

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Scolopia spinosa. See image source here.

#496 They called me Scolopia spinosa, also known as Phoberos roxburghii, and Scolopia roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1893.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Homalomena griffithii

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Homalomena griffithii. See image source here.

#489 They called me Homalomena griffithii, also known as Homalomena grabowskii, Homalomena kingii, and Chamaecladon griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, Grabowsk (I couldn’t find his records), and George King. They first catalogued me in 1893.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Grammitis contigua

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Grammitis contigua. See image source here.

#487 They called me Grammitis contigua, also known as Prosaptia preslii, Grammitis preslii, Davallia preslii, Prosaptia rosenstockii, and Grammitis rosenstockii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rosenstock (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 2018.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vanuatu.