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Ipomoea violacea

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Ipomoea violacea. See image source here.

#104 They called me Ipomoea violacea, also known as Calonyction jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, and Windward Is..

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Pandanus tectorius

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Pandanus tectorius. See image source here.

#57 They called me Pandanus tectorius, also known as Pandanus douglasii, Pandanus menziesii, Pandanus parhamii, Pandanus bergmanii, Pandanus parksii, Pandanus grantii, Pandanus rockii, Pandanus jonesii, Pandanus sykesii, Pandanus christophersenii, Pandanus hubbardii, Pandanus kraussii, Pandanus brownii, Pandanus koidzumii, Pandanus smithii, Pandanus volkensii, Pandanus edwinii, Pandanus veitchii, Pandanus tectorius var. douglasii, and Pandanus tectorius var. menziesii. I pay homage to the male botanists David Douglas, Archibald Menzies, Parham (I couldn’t find his records), Bergman (I couldn’t find his records), Clifford R. Parks, Grant (I couldn’t find his records), Sykes (I couldn’t find his records), Erling Christophersen, Charles Edward Hubbard, Koidzum (I couldn’t find his records), Volkens (I couldn’t find his records), Gabriel Edwin, Joseph Rock, or Howard Francis Leonard Rock, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss, or Johan Carl Krauss, Eustace Wilkinson Jones, George Neville Jones, or Marcus Eugene Jones, Harry Veitch, John Gould Veitch, Peter Veitch, or Harry James Veitch, Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown, and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1774.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake I., and Wallis-Futuna Is..