Tag: Solomon Is.

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Asplenium carruthersii

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Asplenium carruthersii. See image source here.

#906 They called me Asplenium carruthersii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Carruthers. They first catalogued me in 1874.

Native to Fiji, New Guinea, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Mucuna bennettii

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Mucuna bennettii. See image source here.

#904 They called me Mucuna bennettii, also known as Stizolobium bennettii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Joseph Bennett, or Alfred William Bennett. They first catalogued me in 1876.

Native to Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Vanuatu.

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Elaphoglossum blumeanum

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Elaphoglossum blumeanum. See image source here.

#899 They called me Elaphoglossum blumeanum, also known as Elaphoglossum copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Sumatera.