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Melastoma malabathricum

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Melastoma malabathricum. See image source here.

#321 They called me Melastoma malabathricum, also known as Osbeckia royenii, Melastoma banksii, Melastoma holmanii, and Melastoma royenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Royen (I couldn’t find his records), Holman (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Poa trivialis

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Poa trivialis. See image source here.

#316 They called me Poa trivialis, also known as Poa schultesii, Poa kitaibelii, Poa perouinii, Poa portalii, Poa woronowii, Poa villarsii, and Poa janczewskii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), Pál Kitaibel, Perouin (I couldn’t find his records), Portal (I couldn’t find his records), Woronow (I couldn’t find his records), Villars (I couldn’t find his records), and Janczewsk (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, and Yugoslavia.

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Ficus fistulosa

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Ficus fistulosa. See image source here.

#306 They called me Ficus fistulosa, also known as Ficus harlandii, and Ficus curranii. I pay homage to the male botanists Harland (I couldn’t find his records), and Hugh McCollum Curran. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.