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Cratoxylum cochinchinense

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Cratoxylum cochinchinense. See image source here.

#408 They called me Cratoxylum cochinchinense, also known as Cratoxylum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1856.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Arundina graminifolia

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Arundina graminifolia. See image source here.

#405 They called me Arundina graminifolia, also known as Arundina meyenii, Cymbidium meyenii, and Arundina philippii. I pay homage to the male botanists Philipp (I couldn’t find his records), and Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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Leucas lavandulifolia

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Leucas lavandulifolia. See image source here.

#403 They called me Leucas lavandulifolia, also known as Leucas brownii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.