Tag: Laccadive Is.

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Abutilon indicum

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Abutilon indicum. See image source here.

#112 They called me Abutilon indicum, also known as Abutilon cunninghamii, and Abutilon indicum var. welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanists Friedrich Welwitsch, and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Howland-Baker Is., India, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Ochrosia oppositifolia

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Ochrosia oppositifolia. See image source here.

#111 They called me Ochrosia oppositifolia, also known as Kopsia lamarckii, and Calpicarpum lamarckii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. They first catalogued me in 1895.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Jawa, Laccadive Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Allophylus cobbe

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Allophylus cobbe. See image source here.

#70 They called me Allophylus cobbe, also known as Allophylus bartlettii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harley Harris Bartlett. They first catalogued me in 1794.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laccadive Is., Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.