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Streblus taxoides

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Streblus taxoides. See image source here.

#721 They called me Streblus taxoides, also known as Taxotrophis roxburghii, and Phyllochlamys wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1875.

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Pistia stratiotes

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Pistia stratiotes. See image source here.

#718 They called me Pistia stratiotes, also known as Pistia cumingii, and Pistia turpinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Cuming, and Turpin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Horsfieldia amygdalina

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Horsfieldia amygdalina. See image source here.

#713 They called me Horsfieldia amygdalina, also known as Myristica kurzii, and Horsfieldia thorelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), and Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1897.