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Pteris terminalis

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Pteris terminalis. See image source here.

#654 They called me Pteris terminalis, also known as Pteris kuhnii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Haplopteris zosterifolia

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Haplopteris zosterifolia. See image source here.

#638 They called me Haplopteris zosterifolia, also known as Vittaria merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1998.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Oplismenus compositus

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Oplismenus compositus. See image source here.

#632 They called me Oplismenus compositus, also known as Oplismenus thiebautii, Pollinia jacquinii, Oplismenus liebmannii, Oplismenus junghuhnii, Orthopogon junghuhnii, and Oplismenus owatarii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thiebaut (I couldn’t find his records), Liebmann (I couldn’t find his records), Junghuhn (I couldn’t find his records), Owatar (I couldn’t find his records), and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil South, Burundi, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.