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Oleandra musifolia

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Oleandra musifolia. See image source here.

#809 They called me Oleandra musifolia, also known as Oleandra whangii, Oleandra moritzii, Aspidium moritzii, Oleandra parksii, Oleandra archboldii, and Oleandra christophersenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Whang (I couldn’t find his records), Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, Clifford R. Parks, Archbold (I couldn’t find his records), and Erling Christophersen. They first catalogued me in 1849.

Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Nelumbo nucifera

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Nelumbo nucifera. See image source here.

#807 They called me Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Nelumbium rheedii, and Nelumbo komarovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Rheed (I couldn’t find his records), and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Amur, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.

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Crotalaria quinquefolia

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Crotalaria quinquefolia. See image source here.

#794 They called me Crotalaria quinquefolia, also known as Crotalaria ekmanii, and Crotalaria hislopii. I pay homage to the male botanists Erik Leonard Ekman, and Michael Clyde Hislop. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.