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Macrosolen cochinchinensis

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Macrosolen cochinchinensis. See image source here.

#352 They called me Macrosolen cochinchinensis, also known as Macrosolen fordii, Elytranthe fordii, Elytranthe barnesii, and Loranthus fordii. I pay homage to the male botanists Andrew James Ford, and Charles Reid Barnes. They first catalogued me in 1894.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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Eurya nitida

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Eurya nitida. See image source here.

#344 They called me Eurya nitida, also known as Eurya hasseltii, and Eurya japonica var. thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johan Coenraad van Hasselt, and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Pandanus odorifer

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Pandanus odorifer. See image source here.

#326 They called me Pandanus odorifer, also known as Pandanus fosbergii, Eydouxia delessertii, Pandanus phamhoangii, Pandanus delessertii, Pandanus hendersonii, Pandanus smitinandii, and Pandanus hartmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Fosberg (I couldn’t find his records), Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert, Phamhoang (I couldn’t find his records), Smitinand (I couldn’t find his records), Carl Hartman, Carl Vilhelm Hartman, or Carl Johan Hartman, and George Henderson, Edward George Henderson, Murray Ross Henderson, Norlan C. Henderson, Andrew Augustus Henderson, Archibald Henderson, or Andrew Henderson. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Is., Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.