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Podocarpus macrophyllus

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Podocarpus macrophyllus. See image source here.

#428 They called me Podocarpus macrophyllus, also known as Margbensonia sweetii, Podocarpus sweetii, Podocarpus macrophyllus subsp. forrestii, Margbensonia forrestii, and Podocarpus forrestii. I pay homage to the male botanists Herman Royden Sweet, and Forrest (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1818.

Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

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Athyrium vidalii

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Athyrium vidalii. See image source here.

#415 They called me Athyrium vidalii, also known as Athyrium neowardii, and Asplenium vidalii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustave Prosper Vidal, and Neoward (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1925.

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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Microlepia speluncae

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Microlepia speluncae. See image source here.

#402 They called me Microlepia speluncae, also known as Dicksonia lessonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Pierre Adolphe Lesson. They first catalogued me in 1858.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.