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Tetractomia tetrandra

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Tetractomia tetrandra. See image source here.

#738 They called me Tetractomia tetrandra, also known as Terminthodia schultzei-leonhardii, Melicope beccarii, Tetractomia holttumii, and Tetractomia beccarii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schultzei-leonhard (I couldn’t find his records), Beccar (I couldn’t find his records), and Richard Eric Holttum. They first catalogued me in 1917.

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

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Vrydagzynea salomonensis

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Vrydagzynea salomonensis. See image source here.

#730 They called me Vrydagzynea salomonensis, also known as Vrydagzynea cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1905.

Native to Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.

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Freycinetia hombronii

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Freycinetia hombronii. See image source here.

#695 They called me Freycinetia hombronii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jacques Bernard Hombron. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Fiji, Samoa, and Solomon Is..