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Phreatia hypsorrhynchos

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Phreatia hypsorrhynchos. See image source here.

#792 They called me Phreatia hypsorrhynchos, also known as Phreatia comptonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Harold Compton. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Passiflora aurantia

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Passiflora aurantia. See image source here.

#777 They called me Passiflora aurantia, also known as Passiflora storckii, Disemma storckii, Passiflora banksii, and Passiflora aurantia var. banksii. I pay homage to the male botanists Storck (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Samoa, Sulawesi, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

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Diospyros major

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Diospyros major. See image source here.

#731 They called me Diospyros major, also known as Diospyros andersonii, and Ebenus andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1941.

Native to Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis-Futuna Is..