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Eurya nitida

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#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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Nervilia concolor

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#335 They called me Nervilia concolor, also known as Pogonia scottii, and Nervilia scottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Leslie Scott, Munro Briggs Scott, or Andrew John Scott. They first catalogued me in 1911.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., and West Himalaya.

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Pandanus odorifer

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#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.