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Musa troglodytarum

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Musa troglodytarum. See image source here.

#490 They called me Musa troglodytarum, also known as Musa seemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Berthold Carl Seemann, or Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann. They first catalogued me in 1763.

Native to New Caledonia, and New Guinea.

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Decaisnina hollrungii

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Decaisnina hollrungii. See image source here.

#488 They called me Decaisnina hollrungii, also known as Elytranthe versteegii, Elytranthe hollrungii, Elytranthe peekelii, Amylotheca hollrungii, Loranthus hollrungii, Loranthus versteegii, and Amylotheca versteegii. I pay homage to the male botanists Max Udo Hollrung, Versteeg (I couldn’t find his records), and Peekel (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1966.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, and Solomon Is..

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Grammitis contigua

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Grammitis contigua. See image source here.

#487 They called me Grammitis contigua, also known as Prosaptia preslii, Grammitis preslii, Davallia preslii, Prosaptia rosenstockii, and Grammitis rosenstockii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rosenstock (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 2018.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vanuatu.