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Osmelia philippina

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Osmelia philippina. See image source here.

#660 They called me Osmelia philippina, also known as Osmelia bartlettii. I pay homage to the male botanist Harley Harris Bartlett. They first catalogued me in 1861.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam.

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Pteris terminalis

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Pteris terminalis. See image source here.

#654 They called me Pteris terminalis, also known as Pteris kuhnii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Hornstedtia scottiana

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Hornstedtia scottiana. See image source here.

#653 They called me Hornstedtia scottiana, also known as Cardamomum scottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Leslie Scott, Munro Briggs Scott, or Andrew John Scott. They first catalogued me in 1904.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.