▁was ▁far ▁more ▁sub ordinate ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁his ▁brother . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁S ources ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁▁ ▁Category : R ul ers ▁of ▁medieval ▁Rh odes ▁Category : 1 3 th - century ▁By z antine ▁people ▁Category : 1 3 th - century ▁r ul ers ▁in ▁Europe ▁Category : Pe ople ▁of ▁the ▁Empire ▁of ▁N ica ea ▁Category : M eg alo i ▁dou kes <0x0A> </s> ▁E quis et um ▁ram os iss imum ▁, ▁known ▁as ▁branch ed ▁hor set ail , ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁ever green ▁hor set ail ▁( gen us ▁E quis et um , ▁sub gen us ▁Hi pp och a ete ). ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁same ▁species ▁as ▁E quis et um ▁ram os iss imum ▁, ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁syn onym ▁of ▁E quis et um ▁gig ante um . ▁ ▁Botan ists ▁today ▁recognize ▁two ▁sub species . ▁The ▁type ▁sub species , ▁E .   ram os iss imum ▁sub sp . ▁ram os iss imum , ▁is ▁native ▁through ▁much ▁of ▁Asia , ▁Europe , ▁and ▁Africa , ▁with ▁an ▁introduced ▁population ▁in ▁the ▁sout heast ▁United ▁States . ▁E .   ram os iss imum ▁sub sp . deb ile , ▁sometimes ▁treated ▁as ▁the ▁separate ▁species ▁E . ▁deb ile , ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁sout heast ▁Asia ▁and ▁some ▁Pacific ▁islands . ▁The ▁type ▁sub species ▁has ▁more ▁obvious ▁branch ing ▁from ▁the ▁aer ial ▁stem ▁than ▁sub species ▁deb ile .