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Cyclea barbata

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Cyclea barbata. See image source here.

#810 They called me Cyclea barbata, also known as Cyclea wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1871.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., South China Sea, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Oleandra musifolia

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Oleandra musifolia. See image source here.

#809 They called me Oleandra musifolia, also known as Oleandra whangii, Oleandra moritzii, Aspidium moritzii, Oleandra parksii, Oleandra archboldii, and Oleandra christophersenii. I pay homage to the male botanists Whang (I couldn’t find his records), Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, Clifford R. Parks, Archbold (I couldn’t find his records), and Erling Christophersen. They first catalogued me in 1849.

Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Corypha utan

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Corypha utan. See image source here.

#808 They called me Corypha utan, also known as Livistona vidalii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustave Prosper Vidal. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.