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Swertia tetrapetala

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Swertia tetrapetala. See image source here.

#466 They called me Swertia tetrapetala, also known as Swertia pallasii, Swertia bissetii, and Swertia tetrapetala var. wilfordii. I pay homage to the male botanists Peter Simon Pallas, James Bisset, and Wilford (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1789.

Native to Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Ixeridium dentatum

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Ixeridium dentatum. See image source here.

#456 They called me Ixeridium dentatum, also known as Ixeris thunbergii, Lactuca thunbergii, and Ixeris gregorii. I pay homage to the male botanists Carl Peter Thunberg, and Gregor (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1964.

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., and Vietnam.

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Urena lobata

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Urena lobata. See image source here.

#454 They called me Urena lobata, also known as Urena swartzii, and Urena lobata f. swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.