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Ipomoea violacea

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Ipomoea violacea. See image source here.

#104 They called me Ipomoea violacea, also known as Calonyction jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, and Windward Is..

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Planchonella obovata

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Planchonella obovata. See image source here.

#102 They called me Planchonella obovata, also known as Sideroxylon merrillii, Planchonella merrillii, and Sideroxylon brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Hainan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Premna serratifolia

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Premna serratifolia. See image source here.

#66 They called me Premna serratifolia, also known as Premna perrottetii, Premna obtusifolia var. gaudichaudii, Premna lamii, Premna gaudichaudii, and Premna woodii. I pay homage to the male botanists Perrottet (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Herman Johannes Lam, and John Medley Wood, Geoffrey H.S. Wood, Howard Page Wood, Alphonso Wood, or William Wood. They first catalogued me in 1771.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Western Australia.