Tag: Lesser Sunda Is.

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Casearia grewiifolia

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Casearia grewiifolia. See image source here.

#959 They called me Casearia grewiifolia, also known as Casearia kerrii. I pay homage to the male botanist Arthur Francis George Kerr. They first catalogued me in 1808.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, 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.

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Desmodium scorpiurus

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Desmodium scorpiurus. See image source here.

#956 They called me Desmodium scorpiurus, also known as Meibomia martensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg Matthias von Martens, or Martin Martens. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.