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Rhopalostylis sapida

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Rhopalostylis sapida. See image source here.

#182 They called me Rhopalostylis sapida, also known as Areca banksii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1878.

Native to Chatham Is., New Zealand North, and New Zealand South.

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Caladenia carnea

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Caladenia carnea. See image source here.

#175 They called me Caladenia carnea, also known as Caladenia atkinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Francis Atkinson, or William Sackston Atkinson. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.

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Dicranopteris linearis

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Dicranopteris linearis. See image source here.

#150 They called me Dicranopteris linearis, also known as Gleichenia hermannii, Dicranopteris hermannii, Mertensia lessonii, Gleichenia klotzschii, Mertensia klotzschii, Dicranopteris klotzschii, and Mertensia hermannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Paul Hermann, Pierre Adolphe Lesson, and Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. They first catalogued me in 1907.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.