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Laportea ruderalis

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Laportea ruderalis. See image source here.

#120 They called me Laportea ruderalis, also known as Laportea schomburgkii. I pay homage to the male botanist Moritz Richard Schomburgk. They first catalogued me in 1965.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Maluku, Nauru, New Guinea, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Tokelau-Manihiki.

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Grammitis pectinata

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Grammitis pectinata. See image source here.

#119 They called me Grammitis pectinata, also known as Humata archboldii, Humata banksii, Polypodium leysii, Prosaptia leysii, Ctenopteris leysii, and Grammitis leysii. I pay homage to the male botanists Archbold (I couldn’t find his records), Leys (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 2018.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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Ochrosia oppositifolia

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Ochrosia oppositifolia. See image source here.

#111 They called me Ochrosia oppositifolia, also known as Kopsia lamarckii, and Calpicarpum lamarckii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. They first catalogued me in 1895.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Jawa, Laccadive Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..