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Rumex crispus

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Rumex crispus. See image source here.

#226 They called me Rumex crispus, also known as Rumex kunthii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.

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Hedychium coronarium

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#218 They called me Hedychium coronarium, also known as Gandasulium sieboldii, and Hedychium sieboldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold, or Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold. They first catalogued me in 1783.

Native to Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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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..