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Mesua ferrea

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Mesua ferrea. See image source here.

#387 They called me Mesua ferrea, also known as Mesua roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Asplenium pellucidum

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Asplenium pellucidum. See image source here.

#383 They called me Asplenium pellucidum, also known as Asplenium boivinii, and Asplenium hilsenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hilsenberg (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin, or Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, East Himalaya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Ochna integerrima

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Ochna integerrima. See image source here.

#382 They called me Ochna integerrima, also known as Ochna wallichii, Polythecium thorelii, Diporidium wallichii, Polythecanthum thorelii, Ochna harmandii, Discladium wallichii, Polythecium griffithii, and Discladium harmandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), Harmand (I couldn’t find his records), William Griffith, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1935.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.