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Chrysosplenium wrightii

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Chrysosplenium wrightii. See image source here.

#651 They called me Chrysosplenium wrightii, also known as Chrysosplenium wrightii var. wrightii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Henry Wright, Charles Wright, Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright, John Wright, or William Wright. They first catalogued me in 1878.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, and Yukon.

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Carex lyngbyei

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Carex lyngbyei. See image source here.

#590 They called me Carex lyngbyei, also known as Carex steenstrupii, Carex macounii, and Carex riabushinskii. I pay homage to the male botanists Steenstrup (I couldn’t find his records), John Macoun, and Riabushinsk (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Føroyar, Greenland, Iceland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Magadan, Oregon, Sakhalin, and Washington.

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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.