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Caladenia carnea

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Caladenia carnea. See image source here.

#175 They called me Caladenia carnea, also known as Caladenia atkinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Francis Atkinson, or William Sackston Atkinson. They first catalogued me in 1810.

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

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Diplazium pallidum

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Diplazium pallidum. See image source here.

#171 They called me Diplazium pallidum, also known as Diplazium roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1861.

Native to Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Sumatera.

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza

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Bruguiera gymnorhiza. See image source here.

#160 They called me Bruguiera gymnorhiza, also known as Bruguiera zippelii, Bruguiera wightii, and Bruguiera rumphii. I pay homage to the male botanists Zippel (I couldn’t find his records), Rumph (I couldn’t find his records), and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Djibouti, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..