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Ipomoea aquatica

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Ipomoea aquatica. See image source here.

#664 They called me Ipomoea aquatica, also known as Convolvulus adansonii, Convolvulus clappertonii, Ipomoea clappertonii, and Ipomoea glenieii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michel Adanson, Bain Hugh Clapperton, and Glenie (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1775.

Native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Pteris terminalis

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Pteris terminalis. See image source here.

#654 They called me Pteris terminalis, also known as Pteris kuhnii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Peperomia leptostachya

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Peperomia leptostachya. See image source here.

#640 They called me Peperomia leptostachya, also known as Peperomia esquirolii, Peperomia bequaertii, and Peperomia moerenhoutii. I pay homage to the male botanists Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Moerenhout (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.