Tag: East Himalaya

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Piper longum

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Piper longum. See image source here.

#11 They called me Piper longum, also known as Piper roxburghii, and Chavica roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Triumfetta rhomboidea

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Triumfetta rhomboidea. See image source here.

#9 They called me Triumfetta rhomboidea, also known as Triumfetta vahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Martin Vahl. They first catalogued me in 1760.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Chrysojasminum humile

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Chrysojasminum humile. See image source here.

#6 They called me Chrysojasminum humile, also known as Jasminum wallichii, and Jasminum jacquemontii. I pay homage to the male botanists Victor Jacquemont, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 2014.

Native to Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, and West Himalaya.