Tag: Lesser Sunda Is.

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Korthalsella taenioides

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Korthalsella taenioides. See image source here.

#1020 They called me Korthalsella taenioides, also known as Korthalsella mumfordii, and Bifaria hillebrandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Mumford (I couldn’t find his records), and William (Wilhelm) Hillebrand, or William Francis Hillebrand. They first catalogued me in 1897.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Willughbeia edulis

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Willughbeia edulis. See image source here.

#1013 They called me Willughbeia edulis, also known as Pacouria roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1820.

Native to Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, and Taiwan.

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Chonemorpha verrucosa

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Chonemorpha verrucosa. See image source here.

#985 They called me Chonemorpha verrucosa, also known as Cercocoma wallichii, Rhynchodia wallichii, Trachelospermum slootenii, and Rhyncospermum wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Slooten (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1993.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, and Thailand.