Tag: Nicobar Is.

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Antidesma coriaceum

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Antidesma coriaceum. See image source here.

#531 They called me Antidesma coriaceum, also known as Aporosa griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1851.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, Nicobar Is., and Sumatera.

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Bulbophyllum apodum

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Bulbophyllum apodum. See image source here.

#524 They called me Bulbophyllum apodum, also known as Bulbophyllum vidalii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustave Prosper Vidal. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Fiji, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Hypobathrum racemosum

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Hypobathrum racemosum. See image source here.

#523 They called me Hypobathrum racemosum, also known as Spicillaria leschenaultii, and Petunga roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanists Leschenault (I couldn’t find his records), and William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.