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Willughbeia edulis

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Willughbeia edulis. See image source here.

#1013 They called me Willughbeia edulis, also known as Pacouria roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1820.

Native to Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, and Taiwan.

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Lasianthus chrysoneurus

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Lasianthus chrysoneurus. See image source here.

#1007 They called me Lasianthus chrysoneurus, also known as Lasianthus kurzii, Lasianthus kurzii var. howii, and Nonatelia kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanists How (I couldn’t find his records), and Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1857.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, Maluku, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.

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Cantinoa mutabilis

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Cantinoa mutabilis. See image source here.

#1006 They called me Cantinoa mutabilis, also known as Hyptis mutabilis var. bromfieldii, and Hyptis spicata var. bromfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Arnold Bromfield. They first catalogued me in 2012.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.