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Euchiton japonicus

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Euchiton japonicus. See image source here.

#771 They called me Euchiton japonicus, also known as Gnaphalium willdenowii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow, or Carl Ludwig von Willdenow. They first catalogued me in 1974.

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, and Taiwan.

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Polyscias cumingiana

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Polyscias cumingiana. See image source here.

#764 They called me Polyscias cumingiana, also known as Aralia naumanii, Nothopanax cumingii, Panax cumingii, Polyscias cumingii, and Aralia naumannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nauman (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, and Naumann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1880.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Philippines.

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Maclura cochinchinensis

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Maclura cochinchinensis. See image source here.

#676 They called me Maclura cochinchinensis, also known as Cudrania thorelii, Cudrania rumphii, Maclura cochinchinensis var. bancroftii, Cudrania javanensis var. bancroftii, and Maclura thorelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and Edward Nathaniel Bancroft. They first catalogued me in 1962.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.