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Syzygium nervosum

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Syzygium nervosum. See image source here.

#577 They called me Syzygium nervosum, also known as Jambosa commersonii, Eugenia lambii, and Eugenia holmanii. I pay homage to the male botanists Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), Anthony L. Lamb, and Holman (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Potamogeton distinctus

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Potamogeton distinctus. See image source here.

#534 They called me Potamogeton distinctus, also known as Potamogeton franchetii. I pay homage to the male botanist Adrien René Franchet. They first catalogued me in 1904.

Native to Amur, East Himalaya, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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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.