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Carex mertensii

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Carex mertensii. See image source here.

#552 They called me Carex mertensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Carl Mertens. They first catalogued me in 1833.

Native to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Japan, Kuril Is., Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

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Garcinia mannii

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Garcinia mannii. See image source here.

#551 They called me Garcinia mannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1868.

Native to Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., and Nigeria.

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Pavonia hastata

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Pavonia hastata. See image source here.

#550 They called me Pavonia hastata, also known as Pavonia jonesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Eustace Wilkinson Jones, George Neville Jones, or Marcus Eugene Jones. They first catalogued me in 1787.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, and Uruguay.