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Poa nemoralis

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Poa nemoralis. See image source here.

#975 They called me Poa nemoralis, also known as Poa parnellii, Poa kumgansanii, and Poa nemoralis var. popovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Parnell (I couldn’t find his records), Kumgansan (I couldn’t find his records), and George Basil Popov. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.

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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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Origanum vulgare

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Origanum vulgare. See image source here.

#962 They called me Origanum vulgare, also known as Origanum watsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Sereno Watson, Elba Emanuel Watson, Hewett Watson, William Watson, or William Watson. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.