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Diospyros discolor

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Diospyros discolor. See image source here.

#506 They called me Diospyros discolor, also known as Diospyros merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1806.

Native to Borneo, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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Ischaemum ciliare

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Ischaemum ciliare. See image source here.

#505 They called me Ischaemum ciliare, also known as Ischaemum ciliare var. wallichii, Andropogon retzii, Ischaemum indicum var. wallichii, and Ischaemum indicum var. togasii. I pay homage to the male botanists Retz (I couldn’t find his records), Togas (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, 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.