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Passiflora aurantia

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Passiflora aurantia. See image source here.

#777 They called me Passiflora aurantia, also known as Passiflora storckii, Disemma storckii, Passiflora banksii, and Passiflora aurantia var. banksii. I pay homage to the male botanists Storck (I couldn’t find his records), and Joseph Banks, or Harlan Parker Banks. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niue, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Samoa, Sulawesi, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

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Diospyros major

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Diospyros major. See image source here.

#731 They called me Diospyros major, also known as Diospyros andersonii, and Ebenus andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1941.

Native to Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Oplismenus burmanni

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Oplismenus burmanni. See image source here.

#679 They called me Oplismenus burmanni, also known as Oplismenus baronii, Panicum schultesii, and Oplismenus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanists P. Alexis Baron, Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.