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Angiopteris evecta

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#139 They called me Angiopteris evecta, also known as Angiopteris ruttenii, Angiopteris norrisii, Angiopteris cumingii, Angiopteris willinkii, Angiopteris lauterbachii, Angiopteris naumannii, Angiopteris lorentzii, and Angiopteris hellwigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rutten (I couldn’t find his records), Norris (I couldn’t find his records), Hugh Cuming, Willink (I couldn’t find his records), Lauterbach (I couldn’t find his records), Naumann (I couldn’t find his records), Hendrik Anton Lorentz, and Hellwig (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1794.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Ochrosia oppositifolia

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Ochrosia oppositifolia. See image source here.

#111 They called me Ochrosia oppositifolia, also known as Kopsia lamarckii, and Calpicarpum lamarckii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. They first catalogued me in 1895.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Jawa, Laccadive Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Ipomoea violacea

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#104 They called me Ipomoea violacea, also known as Calonyction jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, and Windward Is..