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Carex gmelinii

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Carex gmelinii. See image source here.

#325 They called me Carex gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Picrasma javanica

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Picrasma javanica. See image source here.

#324 They called me Picrasma javanica, also known as Triscaphis kerrii. I pay homage to the male botanist Arthur Francis George Kerr. They first catalogued me in 1825.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam.

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Pittosporum arborescens

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Pittosporum arborescens. See image source here.

#323 They called me Pittosporum arborescens, also known as Pittosporum richii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Rich. They first catalogued me in 1854.

Native to Fiji, Tonga, and Wallis-Futuna Is..