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Dracaena angustifolia

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Dracaena angustifolia. See image source here.

#85 They called me Dracaena angustifolia, also known as Cordyline rumphii, Cordyline cheesemanii, Dracaena × bartetii, Dracaena gibsonii, Cordyline dennisonii, Cordyline baptistii, Dracaena chelsonii, Cordyline bartelii, Cordyline macarthurii, Dracaena flemingii, Cordyline duffii, Calodracon jacquinii, Cordyline thomsonii, Cordyline chelsonii, Cordyline hendersonii, Cordyline laingii, Cordyline jacquinii, Cordyline youngii, Dracaena hendersonii, and Cordyline williamsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), Thomas Frederic Cheeseman, Bartet (I couldn’t find his records), Dennison (I couldn’t find his records), Baptist (I couldn’t find his records), Chelson (I couldn’t find his records), Jim A. Bartel, Macarthur (I couldn’t find his records), Fleming (I couldn’t find his records), Duff (I couldn’t find his records), Laing (I couldn’t find his records), Young (I couldn’t find his records), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson, Neil Gibson, Alexander Gibson, or William Hamilton Gibson, Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams, and George Henderson, Edward George Henderson, Murray Ross Henderson, Norlan C. Henderson, Andrew Augustus Henderson, Archibald Henderson, or Andrew Henderson. They first catalogued me in 1814.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Davallia solida

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Davallia solida. See image source here.

#78 They called me Davallia solida, also known as Davallia robinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1801.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Easter Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Premna serratifolia

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Premna serratifolia. See image source here.

#66 They called me Premna serratifolia, also known as Premna perrottetii, Premna obtusifolia var. gaudichaudii, Premna lamii, Premna gaudichaudii, and Premna woodii. I pay homage to the male botanists Perrottet (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Herman Johannes Lam, and John Medley Wood, Geoffrey H.S. Wood, Howard Page Wood, Alphonso Wood, or William Wood. They first catalogued me in 1771.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Western Australia.