Tag: Caroline Is.

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Hymenophyllum pallidum

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Hymenophyllum pallidum. See image source here.

#184 They called me Hymenophyllum pallidum, also known as Trichomanes braunii, and Craspedoneuron braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 2006.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Hainan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marquesas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Colona scabra

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Colona scabra. See image source here.

#172 They called me Colona scabra, also known as Columbia burretii. I pay homage to the male botanist Max Burret. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Caroline Is., Maluku, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza. See image source here.

#160 They called me Bruguiera gymnorhiza, also known as Bruguiera zippelii, Bruguiera wightii, and Bruguiera rumphii. I pay homage to the male botanists Zippel (I couldn’t find his records), Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Djibouti, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..