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Chisocheton lasiocarpus

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Chisocheton lasiocarpus. See image source here.

#450 They called me Chisocheton lasiocarpus, also known as Chisocheton schumannii, Chisocheton weinlandii, Chisocheton forbesii, Chisocheton gjellerupii, Dasycoleum forbesii, Chisocheton ledermannii, Chisocheton lauterbachii, and Chisocheton versteegii. I pay homage to the male botanists Karl Moritz Schumann, Weinland (I couldn’t find his records), Gjellerup (I couldn’t find his records), Ledermann (I couldn’t find his records), Lauterbach (I couldn’t find his records), Versteeg (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1907.

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

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Terminalia citrina

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Terminalia citrina. See image source here.

#435 They called me Terminalia citrina, also known as Terminalia curtisii, Terminalia manii, and Terminalia teysmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Man (I couldn’t find his records), Teysmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Phragmites karka

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Phragmites karka. See image source here.

#433 They called me Phragmites karka, also known as Trichoon roxburghii, Phragmites roxburghii, and Arundo roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, and Yemen.