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Dichapetalum timoriense

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Dichapetalum timoriense. See image source here.

#236 They called me Dichapetalum timoriense, also known as Dichapetalum robinsonii, and Dichapetalum peekelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Peekel (I couldn’t find his records), and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Vanuatu.

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Phaleria octandra

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Phaleria octandra. See image source here.

#222 They called me Phaleria octandra, also known as Phaleria neumannii, and Drimyspermum neumannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alfred Neumann. They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Solomon Is..

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Elaeocarpus angustifolius

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Elaeocarpus angustifolius. See image source here.

#213 They called me Elaeocarpus angustifolius, also known as Elaeocarpus wenzelii, and Elaeocarpus parkinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Wenzel (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Edward Parkinson. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..