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Lasianthus attenuatus

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Lasianthus attenuatus. See image source here.

#854 They called me Lasianthus attenuatus, also known as Lasianthus copelandii, Lasianthus thorelii, Lasianthus wallichii, and Mephitidia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1823.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Neololeba atra

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Neololeba atra. See image source here.

#852 They called me Neololeba atra, also known as Bambusa forbesii, Arundinaria cobonii, and Dendrocalamus forbesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Cobon (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1997.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, and Sulawesi.

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Combretum latifolium

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#848 They called me Combretum latifolium, also known as Combretum horsfieldii, and Combretum aubletii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomas Horsfield, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.