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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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Poa pratensis

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Poa pratensis. See image source here.

#268 They called me Poa pratensis, also known as Poa skrjabinii, Poa peckii, Poa maydellii, Poa brintnellii, Poa pratensis subsp. jordanii, Poa macounii, Poa pratensis subsp. skrjabinii, Poa nymannii, Poa todarii, Poa pratensis var. macounii, and Poa pratensis var. maydellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Skrjabin (I couldn’t find his records), Maydell (I couldn’t find his records), Brintnell (I couldn’t find his records), Gregory J. Jordan, John Macoun, Nymann (I couldn’t find his records), Todar (I couldn’t find his records), and Morton Eaton Peck, or William Dandridge Peck. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, and Yukon.

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Montia fontana

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#264 They called me Montia fontana, also known as Montia hallii, Montia chabertii, Montia funstonii, and Claytonia hallii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alfred Chabert, Funston (I couldn’t find his records), and Edwin Cuthbert Hall, Harry Hall, or Harvey Monroe Hall. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bolivia, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Heard-McDonald Is., Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Macquarie Is., Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Morocco, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Peru, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rwanda, Sakhalin, South Georgia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, and Zaïre.