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Strychnos axillaris

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Strychnos axillaris. See image source here.

#818 They called me Strychnos axillaris, also known as Strychnos wenzelii, Strychnos schmidtii, Strychnos robinsonii, and Strychnos scortechinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Wenzel (I couldn’t find his records), Scortechin (I couldn’t find his records), Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Cyclea barbata

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Cyclea barbata. See image source here.

#810 They called me Cyclea barbata, also known as Cyclea wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., South China Sea, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Corypha utan

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Corypha utan. See image source here.

#808 They called me Corypha utan, also known as Livistona vidalii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustave Prosper Vidal. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.