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Lepidium nitidum

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Lepidium nitidum. See image source here.

#475 They called me Lepidium nitidum, also known as Lepidium nitidum var. howellii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Jefferson Howell. They first catalogued me in 1838.

Native to California, Chile Central, Chile South, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Oregon, and Washington.

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Dipterocarpus hasseltii

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Dipterocarpus hasseltii. See image source here.

#474 They called me Dipterocarpus hasseltii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johan Coenraad van Hasselt. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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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.