Tag: Wallis-Futuna Is.

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Dipteris conjugata

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Dipteris conjugata. See image source here.

#265 They called me Dipteris conjugata, also known as Drynaria horsfieldii, Dipteris horsfieldii, and Polypodium horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Elaeocarpus angustifolius

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Elaeocarpus angustifolius. See image source here.

#213 They called me Elaeocarpus angustifolius, also known as Elaeocarpus wenzelii, and Elaeocarpus parkinsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Wenzel (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Edward Parkinson. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Commersonia bartramia

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Commersonia bartramia. See image source here.

#203 They called me Commersonia bartramia, also known as Commersonia echinata var. bancroftii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edward Nathaniel Bancroft. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..