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Epilobium hornemannii

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Epilobium hornemannii. See image source here.

#693 They called me Epilobium hornemannii, also known as Epilobium alsineifolium var. hornemannii, and Epilobium schmidtii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jens Wilken Hornemann, and Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt. They first catalogued me in 1838.

Native to Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Sakhalin, South Dakota, Sweden, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Yukon.

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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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Potamogeton nodosus

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Potamogeton nodosus. See image source here.

#459 They called me Potamogeton nodosus, also known as Potamogeton leschenaultii, and Potamogeton thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Leschenault (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1816.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil North, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central European Rus, Chad, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Comoros, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Marianas, Marion-Prince Edward, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New York, Niger, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.