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Maclura cochinchinensis

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Maclura cochinchinensis. See image source here.

#676 They called me Maclura cochinchinensis, also known as Cudrania thorelii, Cudrania rumphii, Maclura cochinchinensis var. bancroftii, Cudrania javanensis var. bancroftii, and Maclura thorelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and Edward Nathaniel Bancroft. They first catalogued me in 1962.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Oplismenus compositus

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Oplismenus compositus. See image source here.

#632 They called me Oplismenus compositus, also known as Oplismenus thiebautii, Pollinia jacquinii, Oplismenus liebmannii, Oplismenus junghuhnii, Orthopogon junghuhnii, and Oplismenus owatarii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thiebaut (I couldn’t find his records), Liebmann (I couldn’t find his records), Junghuhn (I couldn’t find his records), Owatar (I couldn’t find his records), and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil South, Burundi, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Syzygium nervosum

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#577 They called me Syzygium nervosum, also known as Jambosa commersonii, Eugenia lambii, and Eugenia holmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), Anthony L. Lamb, and Holman (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and Western Australia.