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Angiopteris evecta

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#139 They called me Angiopteris evecta, also known as Angiopteris ruttenii, Angiopteris norrisii, Angiopteris cumingii, Angiopteris willinkii, Angiopteris lauterbachii, Angiopteris naumannii, Angiopteris lorentzii, and Angiopteris hellwigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rutten (I couldn’t find his records), Norris (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, Willink (I couldn’t find his records), Lauterbach (I couldn’t find his records), Naumann (I couldn’t find his records), Hendrik Anton Lorentz, and Hellwig (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1794.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Abutilon indicum

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#112 They called me Abutilon indicum, also known as Abutilon cunninghamii, and Abutilon indicum var. welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanists Friedrich Welwitsch, and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Howland-Baker Is., India, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Planchonella obovata

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#102 They called me Planchonella obovata, also known as Sideroxylon merrillii, Planchonella merrillii, and Sideroxylon brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Hainan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.