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Spergularia marina

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Spergularia marina. See image source here.

#813 They called me Spergularia marina, also known as Spergularia bofillii, Spergularia dillenii, and Spergularia marina var. simonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bofill (I couldn’t find his records), Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), and Bryan Kenneth Simon, or Eugène Ernest Simon. They first catalogued me in 1822.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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Polygonum aviculare

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Polygonum aviculare. See image source here.

#786 They called me Polygonum aviculare, also known as Polygonum meyenii, and Polygonum franktonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Frankton (I couldn’t find his records), and Franz Meyen, or Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Manchuria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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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.