Tag: Maldives

Categories
Plants

Lumnitzera racemosa

This plant's image
Lumnitzera racemosa. See image source here.

#624 They called me Lumnitzera racemosa, also known as Pokornya ettingshausenii. I pay homage to the male botanist Constantin von Ettingshausen. They first catalogued me in 1803.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Seychelles, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Categories
Plants

Ischaemum ciliare

This plant's image
Ischaemum ciliare. See image source here.

#505 They called me Ischaemum ciliare, also known as Ischaemum ciliare var. wallichii, Andropogon retzii, Ischaemum indicum var. wallichii, and Ischaemum indicum var. togasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Retz (I couldn’t find his records), Togas (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Categories
Plants

Euphorbia pallens

This plant's image
Euphorbia pallens. See image source here.

#430 They called me Euphorbia pallens, also known as Anisophyllum vahlii, Chamaesyce vahlii, Euphorbia coudercii, Euphorbia harmandii, Chamaesyce vachellii, Chamaesyce harmandii, Euphorbia vachellii, and Chamaesyce coudercii. I pay homage to the male botanists Martin Vahl, Couderc (I couldn’t find his records), Harmand (I couldn’t find his records), and Vachell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..