Month: January 2023

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Potamogeton cheesemanii

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Potamogeton cheesemanii. See image source here.

#473 They called me Potamogeton cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1883.

Native to Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Australia, and Tasmania.

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Vitex lucens

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Vitex lucens. See image source here.

#472 They called me Vitex lucens, also known as Vitex cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1897.

Native to New Zealand North.

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Celtis trinervia

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Celtis trinervia. See image source here.

#471 They called me Celtis trinervia, also known as Celtis swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1797.

Native to Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, and Nicaragua.