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Strychnos axillaris

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Strychnos axillaris. See image source here.

#818 They called me Strychnos axillaris, also known as Strychnos wenzelii, Strychnos schmidtii, Strychnos robinsonii, and Strychnos scortechinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Wenzel (I couldn’t find his records), Scortechin (I couldn’t find his records), Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Cyclea barbata

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Cyclea barbata. See image source here.

#810 They called me Cyclea barbata, also known as Cyclea wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., South China Sea, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Tabernaemontana rostrata

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Tabernaemontana rostrata. See image source here.

#789 They called me Tabernaemontana rostrata, also known as Ervatamia curtisii, Ervatamia evrardii, Ervatamia pitardii, Tabernaemontana evrardii, and Tabernaemontana pitardii. I pay homage to the male botanists Evrard (I couldn’t find his records), Pitard (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.