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Pittosporum arborescens

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Pittosporum arborescens. See image source here.

#323 They called me Pittosporum arborescens, also known as Pittosporum richii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Rich. They first catalogued me in 1854.

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

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Intsia bijuga

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Intsia bijuga. See image source here.

#308 They called me Intsia bijuga, also known as Bauhinia scandens var. horsfieldii, Lasiobema scandens var. horsfieldii, Lasiobema horsfieldii, and Bauhinia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1891.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Chagos Archipelago, Fiji, India, Jawa, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Ximenia americana

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Ximenia americana. See image source here.

#303 They called me Ximenia americana, also known as Ximenia rogersii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Sanders Rogers. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.