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Gironniera subaequalis

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Gironniera subaequalis. See image source here.

#464 They called me Gironniera subaequalis, also known as Gironniera korthalsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Pieter Willem Korthals. They first catalogued me in 1848.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Ixora timorensis

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Ixora timorensis. See image source here.

#463 They called me Ixora timorensis, also known as Ixora kochii. I pay homage to the male botanist Karl Koch, Georg Friedrich Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, or Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. They first catalogued me in 1834.

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

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Aglaia sapindina

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Aglaia sapindina. See image source here.

#453 They called me Aglaia sapindina, also known as Aglaia miquelii, Aglaia ermischii, Aglaia rudolfii, Aglaia gjellerupii, and Aglaia hartmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Ermisch (I couldn’t find his records), Rudolf (I couldn’t find his records), Gjellerup (I couldn’t find his records), and Hartmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Solomon Is..