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Oplismenus burmanni

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Oplismenus burmanni. See image source here.

#679 They called me Oplismenus burmanni, also known as Oplismenus baronii, Panicum schultesii, and Oplismenus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanists P. Alexis Baron, Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Deparia japonica

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Deparia japonica. See image source here.

#667 They called me Deparia japonica, also known as Diplazium thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1977.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Ipomoea aquatica

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Ipomoea aquatica. See image source here.

#664 They called me Ipomoea aquatica, also known as Convolvulus adansonii, Convolvulus clappertonii, Ipomoea clappertonii, and Ipomoea glenieii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michel Adanson, Bain Hugh Clapperton, and Glenie (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1775.

Native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.