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Leea aequata

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Leea aequata. See image source here.

#507 They called me Leea aequata, also known as Leea kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Diplazium esculentum

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Diplazium esculentum. See image source here.

#503 They called me Diplazium esculentum, also known as Asplenium moritzii, and Callipteris wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1803.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Piper celtidiforme

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Piper celtidiforme. See image source here.

#501 They called me Piper celtidiforme, also known as Piper fosbergii, Piper warburgii, and Piper usterii. I pay homage to the male botanists Fosberg (I couldn’t find his records), Uster (I couldn’t find his records), and E. F. Warburg, Edmund Frederic Warburg, or Otto Warburg. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.