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Potamogeton distinctus

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Potamogeton distinctus. See image source here.

#534 They called me Potamogeton distinctus, also known as Potamogeton franchetii. I pay homage to the male botanist Adrien René Franchet. They first catalogued me in 1904.

Native to Amur, East Himalaya, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Zostera marina

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Zostera marina. See image source here.

#508 They called me Zostera marina, also known as Zostera marina var. phillipsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Barry W. Phillips, or Edwin Percy Phillips. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central American Pac, China North-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, Yugoslavia, and Yukon.

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Diplazium esculentum

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#503 They called me Diplazium esculentum, also known as Asplenium moritzii, and Callipteris wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1803.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.