Month: June 2024

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Pycnarrhena tumefacta

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Pycnarrhena tumefacta. See image source here.

#979 They called me Pycnarrhena tumefacta, also known as Pycnarrhena merrillii. I pay homage to the male botanist Elmer Drew Merrill. They first catalogued me in 1867.

Native to Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

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Cephalanthera longifolia

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Cephalanthera longifolia. See image source here.

#978 They called me Cephalanthera longifolia, also known as Cephalanthera thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1888.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.

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Rhodalsine geniculata

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Rhodalsine geniculata. See image source here.

#977 They called me Rhodalsine geniculata, also known as Minuartia webbii, and Alsine bartolottii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bartolott (I couldn’t find his records), and Colin James Webb, or Philip Barker Webb. They first catalogued me in 1898.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.