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Asplenium pellucidum

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Asplenium pellucidum. See image source here.

#383 They called me Asplenium pellucidum, also known as Asplenium boivinii, and Asplenium hilsenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hilsenberg (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin, or Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, East Himalaya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Ochna integerrima

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Ochna integerrima. See image source here.

#382 They called me Ochna integerrima, also known as Ochna wallichii, Polythecium thorelii, Diporidium wallichii, Polythecanthum thorelii, Ochna harmandii, Discladium wallichii, Polythecium griffithii, and Discladium harmandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), Harmand (I couldn’t find his records), William Griffith, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1935.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Aristolochia acuminata

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Aristolochia acuminata. See image source here.

#378 They called me Aristolochia acuminata, also known as Aristolochia eschscholtzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz. They first catalogued me in 1783.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.