Tag: New Guinea

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Heliotropium sarmentosum

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Heliotropium sarmentosum. See image source here.

#131 They called me Heliotropium sarmentosum, also known as Tournefortia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 2005.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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Laportea ruderalis

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Laportea ruderalis. See image source here.

#120 They called me Laportea ruderalis, also known as Laportea schomburgkii. I pay homage to the male botanist Moritz Richard Schomburgk. They first catalogued me in 1965.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Maluku, Nauru, New Guinea, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Tokelau-Manihiki.

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Procris pedunculata

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Procris pedunculata. See image source here.

#117 They called me Procris pedunculata, also known as Procris humblotii. I pay homage to the male botanist Léon Humblot. They first catalogued me in 1869.

Native to Caroline Is., Christmas I., Comoros, Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marquesas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Tuamotu, Vanuatu, and Wallis-Futuna Is..