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Parapolystichum acuminatum

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Parapolystichum acuminatum. See image source here.

#674 They called me Parapolystichum acuminatum, also known as Aspidium shepherdii, Nephrodium shepherdii, Dryopteris shepherdii, Lastrea shepherdii, Lastreopsis shepherdii, and Polystichum schkuhrii. I pay homage to the male botanists George John Shepherd, and Schkuhr (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2014.

Native to Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.

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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.

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Dischidia nummularia

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Dischidia nummularia. See image source here.

#661 They called me Dischidia nummularia, also known as Dischidia gaudichaudii, and Dischidia copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), and Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.