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Aristolochia acuminata

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Aristolochia acuminata. See image source here.

#378 They called me Aristolochia acuminata, also known as Aristolochia eschscholtzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz. They first catalogued me in 1783.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Citrus hystrix

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Citrus hystrix. See image source here.

#377 They called me Citrus hystrix, also known as Citrus southwickii, Citrus kerrii, and Papeda rumphii. I pay homage to the male botanists Southwick (I couldn’t find his records), Arthur Francis George Kerr, and Rumph (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1813.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Melastoma cyanoides

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Melastoma cyanoides. See image source here.

#373 They called me Melastoma cyanoides, also known as Otanthera lamii, and Otanthera macgregorii. I pay homage to the male botanists Herman Johannes Lam, and Macgregor (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.