Tag: Lesser Sunda Is.

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Setaria dielsii

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Setaria dielsii. See image source here.

#480 They called me Setaria dielsii, also known as Setaria buchananii. I pay homage to the male botanists Diels (I couldn’t find his records), and John Buchanan, or Alex M. Buchanan. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Lesser Sunda Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.

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Garuga floribunda

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Garuga floribunda. See image source here.

#476 They called me Garuga floribunda, also known as Garuga clarkii. I pay homage to the male botanist James Curtis Clark, Howard Walton Clark, or William Andrew Clark. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Australia.

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Dipterocarpus hasseltii

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Dipterocarpus hasseltii. See image source here.

#474 They called me Dipterocarpus hasseltii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johan Coenraad van Hasselt. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.