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Orchis italica

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Orchis italica. See image source here.

#984 They called me Orchis italica, also known as × Orchiaceras welwitschii, and Orchis welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Welwitsch. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Ischaemum rugosum

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Ischaemum rugosum. See image source here.

#973 They called me Ischaemum rugosum, also known as Meoschium griffithii, and Meoschium wightii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1791.

Native to Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam.

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Ornithogalum sigmoideum

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Ornithogalum sigmoideum. See image source here.

#972 They called me Ornithogalum sigmoideum, also known as Ornithogalum sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burkina, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Niger, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.