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Macrosolen cochinchinensis

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Macrosolen cochinchinensis. See image source here.

#352 They called me Macrosolen cochinchinensis, also known as Macrosolen fordii, Elytranthe fordii, Elytranthe barnesii, and Loranthus fordii. I pay homage to the male botanists Andrew James Ford, and Charles Reid Barnes. They first catalogued me in 1894.

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

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Hymenophyllum serrulatum

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Hymenophyllum serrulatum. See image source here.

#347 They called me Hymenophyllum serrulatum, also known as Leptocionium preslii, and Hymenophyllum preslii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1905.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vanuatu.

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Acriopsis liliifolia

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Acriopsis liliifolia. See image source here.

#345 They called me Acriopsis liliifolia, also known as Acriopsis griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in -2147483648.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.