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Peltophorum pterocarpum

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Peltophorum pterocarpum. See image source here.

#532 They called me Peltophorum pterocarpum, also known as Caesalpinia glenieii, Poinciana roxburghii, Caesalpinia roxburghii, Peltophorum roxburghii, and Caesalpinia macklottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Glenie (I couldn’t find his records), William Roxburgh, and Macklott (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1927.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Fimbristylis schultzii

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Fimbristylis schultzii. See image source here.

#522 They called me Fimbristylis schultzii, also known as Fimbristylis platystachys var. schultzii. I pay homage to the male botanist August Christian Schultz, or Arthur Schultz. They first catalogued me in 1874.

Native to Lesser Sunda Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.

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Celtis philippensis

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Celtis philippensis. See image source here.

#486 They called me Celtis philippensis, also known as Solenostigma wightii, Celtis hasseltii, Celtis wightii, Celtis philippensis var. wightii, Solenostigma hasseltii, Celtis brownii, and Celtis prantlii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johan Coenraad van Hasselt, Prantl (I couldn’t find his records), Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1837.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.