Month: December 2022

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Gomphandra montana

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Gomphandra montana. See image source here.

#445 They called me Gomphandra montana, also known as Gomphandra carrii. I pay homage to the male botanist Cedric Errol Carr, or Geoffrey William Carr. They first catalogued me in 1940.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Is., and Solomon Is..

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Huperzia serrata

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Huperzia serrata. See image source here.

#444 They called me Huperzia serrata, also known as Lycopodium serratum var. thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1874.

Native to Cuba, Haiti, Hawaii, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Iberis carnosa

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Iberis carnosa. See image source here.

#443 They called me Iberis carnosa, also known as Iberis pruitii, Iberis jordanii, Iberis ciliata subsp. pruitii, and Iberis petitii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pruit (I couldn’t find his records), Gregory J. Jordan, and Petit (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1800.

Native to Albania, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.