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Sphaeropteris glauca

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Sphaeropteris glauca. See image source here.

#109 They called me Sphaeropteris glauca, also known as Alsophila mertensii, Alsophila smithii, Cyathea smithii, and Hemitelia smithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Franz Carl Mertens, and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1970.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Cocculus orbiculatus

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Cocculus orbiculatus. See image source here.

#107 They called me Cocculus orbiculatus, also known as Cocculus thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1817.

Native to Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, Hawaii, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Nepal, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tubuai Is., and Vietnam.

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum. See image source here.

#106 They called me Ophioglossum lusitanicum, also known as Ophioglossum braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia.