Tag: Santa Cruz Is.

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Heliconia indica

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Heliconia indica. See image source here.

#482 They called me Heliconia indica, also known as Heliconia seemannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Berthold Carl Seemann, or Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann. They first catalogued me in 1785.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Gomphandra montana

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Gomphandra montana. See image source here.

#445 They called me Gomphandra montana, also known as Gomphandra carrii. I pay homage to the male botanist Cedric Errol Carr, or Geoffrey William Carr. They first catalogued me in 1940.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Is., and Solomon Is..

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Aglaia spectabilis

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Aglaia spectabilis. See image source here.

#421 They called me Aglaia spectabilis, also known as Amoora wallichii, and Aphanamixis wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1987.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.