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Ipomoea aquatica

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Ipomoea aquatica. See image source here.

#664 They called me Ipomoea aquatica, also known as Convolvulus adansonii, Convolvulus clappertonii, Ipomoea clappertonii, and Ipomoea glenieii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michel Adanson, Bain Hugh Clapperton, and Glenie (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1775.

Native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Pteris terminalis

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Pteris terminalis. See image source here.

#654 They called me Pteris terminalis, also known as Pteris kuhnii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn. They first catalogued me in 1839.

Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Hornstedtia scottiana

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Hornstedtia scottiana. See image source here.

#653 They called me Hornstedtia scottiana, also known as Cardamomum scottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Leslie Scott, Munro Briggs Scott, or Andrew John Scott. They first catalogued me in 1904.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.