Tag: Nicobar Is.

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Iodes cirrhosa

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Iodes cirrhosa. See image source here.

#763 They called me Iodes cirrhosa, also known as Iodes brandisii. I pay homage to the male botanist Dietrich Brandis. They first catalogued me in 1854.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Hedyotis kurzii

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Hedyotis kurzii. See image source here.

#762 They called me Hedyotis kurzii, also known as Oldenlandia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1934.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Derris elliptica

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Derris elliptica. See image source here.

#755 They called me Derris elliptica, also known as Pongamia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.