Tag: Lesser Sunda Is.

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Pterocarpus indicus

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Pterocarpus indicus. See image source here.

#281 They called me Pterocarpus indicus, also known as Pterocarpus wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1802.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Cordia dichotoma

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Cordia dichotoma. See image source here.

#278 They called me Cordia dichotoma, also known as Cordia brownii, Lithocardium griffithii, Cordia griffithii, Cordia wallichii, and Cordia obliqua var. wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.

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Solanum opacum

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Solanum opacum. See image source here.

#274 They called me Solanum opacum, also known as Solanum allanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan. They first catalogued me in 1853.

Native to Borneo, Chatham Is., Cook Is., Easter Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Kermadec Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Norfolk Is., Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., and Victoria.