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Derris elliptica

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Derris elliptica. See image source here.

#755 They called me Derris elliptica, also known as Pongamia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Leptochilus insignis

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Leptochilus insignis. See image source here.

#737 They called me Leptochilus insignis, also known as Microsorum hancockii, and Kaulinia hancockii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Hancock. They first catalogued me in 2008.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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Floscopa scandens

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Floscopa scandens. See image source here.

#734 They called me Floscopa scandens, also known as Commelina hamiltonii, Floscopa hamiltonii, Commelina schoubertii, Commelina hispida var. gaudichaudii, and Dithyrocarpus rothii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schoubert (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Georg Roth, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1790.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.