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Soulamea amara

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Soulamea amara. See image source here.

#412 They called me Soulamea amara, also known as Cardiophora hindsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Brinsley Hinds. They first catalogued me in 1785.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Maluku, Marshall Is., New Guinea, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Aneilema acuminatum

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Aneilema acuminatum. See image source here.

#407 They called me Aneilema acuminatum, also known as Commelina brownii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland, and Solomon Is..

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Arundina graminifolia

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Arundina graminifolia. See image source here.

#405 They called me Arundina graminifolia, also known as Arundina meyenii, Cymbidium meyenii, and Arundina philippii. I pay homage to the male botanists Philipp (I couldn’t find his records), and Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.