Tag: Sumatera

Categories
Plants

Leptochilus insignis

This plant's image
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.

Categories
Plants

Pomatocalpa spicatum

This plant's image
Pomatocalpa spicatum. See image source here.

#735 They called me Pomatocalpa spicatum, also known as Saccolabium hobsonii, Cleisostoma mannii, and Pomatocalpa mannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edward Hobson, and Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Categories
Plants

Actephila excelsa

This plant's image
Actephila excelsa. See image source here.

#728 They called me Actephila excelsa, also known as Actephila thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1863.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.