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Procris pedunculata

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#117 They called me Procris pedunculata, also known as Procris humblotii. I pay homage to the male botanist Léon Humblot. They first catalogued me in 1869.

Native to Caroline Is., Christmas I., Comoros, Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marquesas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., Tuamotu, Vanuatu, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Ochrosia oppositifolia

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#111 They called me Ochrosia oppositifolia, also known as Kopsia lamarckii, and Calpicarpum lamarckii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. They first catalogued me in 1895.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Jawa, Laccadive Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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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..