Tag: Wallis-Futuna Is.

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Citrus hystrix

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#377 They called me Citrus hystrix, also known as Citrus southwickii, Citrus kerrii, and Papeda rumphii. I pay homage to the male botanists Southwick (I couldn’t find his records), Arthur Francis George Kerr, and Rumph (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1813.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Cyperus cyperoides

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#357 They called me Cyperus cyperoides, also known as Mariscus humbertii, and Cyperus kraussii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jean-Henri Humbert, and Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss, or Johan Carl Krauss. They first catalogued me in 1898.

Native to Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Easter Is., Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tuamotu, Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Nervilia concolor

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#335 They called me Nervilia concolor, also known as Pogonia scottii, and Nervilia scottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Leslie Scott, Munro Briggs Scott, or Andrew John Scott. They first catalogued me in 1911.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., and West Himalaya.