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Ipomoea violacea

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Ipomoea violacea. See image source here.

#104 They called me Ipomoea violacea, also known as Calonyction jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, and Windward Is..

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Planchonella obovata

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#102 They called me Planchonella obovata, also known as Sideroxylon merrillii, Planchonella merrillii, and Sideroxylon brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1890.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Hainan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Epipremnum pinnatum

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#101 They called me Epipremnum pinnatum, also known as Epipremnum merrillii, Rhaphidophora cunninghamii, Rhaphidophora rosenburghii, Epipremnum robinsonii, Rhaphidophora merrillii, and Rhaphidophora wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, Cornelis Rugier Willem Karel van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1908.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..