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Sarcostigma kleinii

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Sarcostigma kleinii. See image source here.

#969 They called me Sarcostigma kleinii, also known as Sarcostigma horsfieldii, Sarcostigma roxburghii, and Sarcostigma wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jacob Theodor Klein, Thomas Horsfield, William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1833.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Desmodium scorpiurus

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Desmodium scorpiurus. See image source here.

#956 They called me Desmodium scorpiurus, also known as Meibomia martensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Georg Matthias von Martens, or Martin Martens. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

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Lotus cytisoides

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Lotus cytisoides. See image source here.

#950 They called me Lotus cytisoides, also known as Lotus allionii, and Lotus cuatrecasasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Allion (I couldn’t find his records), and José Cuatrecasas. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Congo, Fiji, Madagascar, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Réunion, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., and Zaïre.