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Melastoma cyanoides

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Melastoma cyanoides. See image source here.

#373 They called me Melastoma cyanoides, also known as Otanthera lamii, and Otanthera macgregorii. I pay homage to the male botanists Herman Johannes Lam, and Macgregor (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Elaeagnus triflora

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Elaeagnus triflora. See image source here.

#369 They called me Elaeagnus triflora, also known as Elaeagnus cumingii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh Cuming. They first catalogued me in 1820.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Taiwan.

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Neyraudia arundinacea

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Neyraudia arundinacea. See image source here.

#365 They called me Neyraudia arundinacea, also known as Donax thouarii, Arundo thouarsii, Arundo boivinii, Avena koenigii, and Neyraudia thouarsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thouar (I couldn’t find his records), Thouars (I couldn’t find his records), Koenig (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin, or Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. They first catalogued me in 1929.

Native to Andaman Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Zaïre.