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Trichosanthes ovigera

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Trichosanthes ovigera. See image source here.

#827 They called me Trichosanthes ovigera, also known as Trichosanthes horsfieldii, and Anguina horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Queensland, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Scleria novae-hollandiae

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Scleria novae-hollandiae. See image source here.

#822 They called me Scleria novae-hollandiae, also known as Scleria merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Caroline Is., China Southeast, Marianas, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Strychnos axillaris

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Strychnos axillaris. See image source here.

#818 They called me Strychnos axillaris, also known as Strychnos wenzelii, Strychnos schmidtii, Strychnos robinsonii, and Strychnos scortechinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Wenzel (I couldn’t find his records), Scortechin (I couldn’t find his records), Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.