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Senna sulfurea

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Senna sulfurea. See image source here.

#889 They called me Senna sulfurea, also known as Cassia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1982.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.

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Scleria novae-hollandiae

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Scleria novae-hollandiae. See image source here.

#822 They called me Scleria novae-hollandiae, also known as Scleria merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1875.

Native to Caroline Is., China Southeast, Marianas, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea

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Aglaia elaeagnoidea. See image source here.

#812 They called me Aglaia elaeagnoidea, also known as Aglaia bourdillonii, Aglaia elaeagnoidea var. bourdillonii, Aglaia talbotii, and Aglaia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomas Fulton Bourdillon, Talbot (I couldn’t find his records), and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1863.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Western Australia.