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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..

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Strobilanthes reptans

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#208 They called me Strobilanthes reptans, also known as Hemigraphis robinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 2011.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Gilbert Is., Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Commersonia bartramia

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Commersonia bartramia. See image source here.

#203 They called me Commersonia bartramia, also known as Commersonia echinata var. bancroftii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edward Nathaniel Bancroft. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..