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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 middendorffii

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Carex middendorffii. See image source here.

#584 They called me Carex middendorffii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander von Middendorff. They first catalogued me in 1868.

Native to Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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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.