Tag: Caroline Is.

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Vavaea amicorum

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Vavaea amicorum. See image source here.

#147 They called me Vavaea amicorum, also known as Vavaea lamii, Vavaea ledermannii, Vavaea brassii, Vavaea kajewskii, Vavaea chalmersii, and Beilschmiedia brassii. I pay homage to the male botanists Herman Johannes Lam, Ledermann (I couldn’t find his records), Brass (I couldn’t find his records), Kajewsk (I couldn’t find his records), and Chalmers (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1843.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

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Angiopteris evecta

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#139 They called me Angiopteris evecta, also known as Angiopteris ruttenii, Angiopteris norrisii, Angiopteris cumingii, Angiopteris willinkii, Angiopteris lauterbachii, Angiopteris naumannii, Angiopteris lorentzii, and Angiopteris hellwigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rutten (I couldn’t find his records), Norris (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, Willink (I couldn’t find his records), Lauterbach (I couldn’t find his records), Naumann (I couldn’t find his records), Hendrik Anton Lorentz, and Hellwig (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1794.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Laportea ruderalis

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#120 They called me Laportea ruderalis, also known as Laportea schomburgkii. I pay homage to the male botanist Moritz Richard Schomburgk. They first catalogued me in 1965.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Maluku, Nauru, New Guinea, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Tokelau-Manihiki.