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Aglaia sapindina

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#453 They called me Aglaia sapindina, also known as Aglaia miquelii, Aglaia ermischii, Aglaia rudolfii, Aglaia gjellerupii, and Aglaia hartmannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Ermisch (I couldn’t find his records), Rudolf (I couldn’t find his records), Gjellerup (I couldn’t find his records), and Hartmann (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Solomon Is..

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Jasminum elongatum

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#437 They called me Jasminum elongatum, also known as Jasminum horsfieldii, Jasminum evansii, Jasminum aemulum var. brassii, Jasminum esquirolii, and Jasminum forstenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomas Horsfield, Brass (I couldn’t find his records), Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Forsten (I couldn’t find his records), and Alexander William Evans, Arthur Humble Evans, or William Edgar Evans. They first catalogued me in 1797.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Phragmites karka

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#433 They called me Phragmites karka, also known as Trichoon roxburghii, Phragmites roxburghii, and Arundo roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, and Yemen.