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Trichosanthes ovigera

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Trichosanthes ovigera. See image source here.

#827 They called me Trichosanthes ovigera, also known as Trichosanthes horsfieldii, and Anguina horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1826.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Queensland, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea. See image source here.

#812 They called me Aglaia elaeagnoidea, also known as Aglaia bourdillonii, Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. bourdillonii, Aglaia talbotii, and Aglaia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomas Fulton Bourdillon, Talbot (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1863.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Phreatia hypsorrhynchos

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Phreatia hypsorrhynchos. See image source here.

#792 They called me Phreatia hypsorrhynchos, also known as Phreatia comptonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Harold Compton. They first catalogued me in 1906.

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.