Tag: Lesser Sunda Is.

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Euchiton japonicus

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Euchiton japonicus. See image source here.

#771 They called me Euchiton japonicus, also known as Gnaphalium willdenowii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow. They first catalogued me in 1974.

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, and Taiwan.

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Davallia denticulata

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Davallia denticulata. See image source here.

#770 They called me Davallia denticulata, also known as Trichomanes elegans var. weddellii, Trichomanes prieurii, Trichomanes weddellii, and Trichomanes leprieurii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Algernon Weddell, Prieur (I couldn’t find his records), and Leprieur (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1867.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Rhynchosia acuminatissima

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Rhynchosia acuminatissima. See image source here.

#752 They called me Rhynchosia acuminatissima, also known as Rhynchosia versteegii, Rhynchosia cunninghamii, and Dolicholus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Versteeg (I couldn’t find his records), and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1855.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam.