Tag: Chatham Is.

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Mentha cunninghamii

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Mentha cunninghamii. See image source here.

#729 They called me Mentha cunninghamii, also known as Micromeria cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1848.

Native to Chatham Is., New Zealand North, and New Zealand South.

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Gastrodia cunninghamii

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Gastrodia cunninghamii. See image source here.

#675 They called me Gastrodia cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1853.

Native to Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, and Vanuatu.

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Parapolystichum acuminatum

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Parapolystichum acuminatum. See image source here.

#674 They called me Parapolystichum acuminatum, also known as Aspidium shepherdii, Nephrodium shepherdii, Dryopteris shepherdii, Lastrea shepherdii, Lastreopsis shepherdii, and Polystichum schkuhrii. I pay homage to the male botanists George John Shepherd, and Schkuhr (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 2014.

Native to Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.