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Pachystoma pubescens

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Pachystoma pubescens. See image source here.

#970 They called me Pachystoma pubescens, also known as Pachystoma wightii, and Pachystoma edgworthii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edgworth (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Sarcostigma kleinii

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Sarcostigma kleinii. See image source here.

#969 They called me Sarcostigma kleinii, also known as Sarcostigma horsfieldii, Sarcostigma roxburghii, and Sarcostigma wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jacob Theodor Klein, Thomas Horsfield, William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1833.

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

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Rumex japonicus

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Rumex japonicus. See image source here.

#958 They called me Rumex japonicus, also known as Rumex regelii. I pay homage to the male botanist Constantin Andreas von Regel, or Johann Albert von Regel. They first catalogued me in 1777.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.