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Symphonia globulifera

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Symphonia globulifera. See image source here.

#701 They called me Symphonia globulifera, also known as Aneuriscus aubletii. I pay homage to the male botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. They first catalogued me in 1782.

Native to Angola, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zambia, and Zaïre.

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Rorippa indica

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Rorippa indica. See image source here.

#692 They called me Rorippa indica, also known as Cardamine lamontii. I pay homage to the male botanist Eric E. Lamont. They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qinghai, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, and Zaïre.

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Oplismenus burmanni

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#679 They called me Oplismenus burmanni, also known as Oplismenus baronii, Panicum schultesii, and Oplismenus preslii. I pay homage to the male botanists P. Alexis Baron, Schultes (I couldn’t find his records), and Jan Svatopluk Presl, or Carl Borivoj Presl. They first catalogued me in 1812.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.