Tag: Sulawesi

#36 They called me Thalassia hemprichii. I pay homage to the male botanist Wilhelm Hemprich. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia, and Yemen.