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Poa lanata

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#447 They called me Poa lanata, also known as Poa norbergii, and Poa komarovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Norberg (I couldn’t find his records), and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. They first catalogued me in 1910.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Greenland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Magadan, Northwest Territorie, Nunavut, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Yakutskiya, and Yukon.

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Huperzia serrata

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Huperzia serrata. See image source here.

#444 They called me Huperzia serrata, also known as Lycopodium serratum var. thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1874.

Native to Cuba, Haiti, Hawaii, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Primorye, and Sakhalin.

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Phragmites karka

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#433 They called me Phragmites karka, also known as Trichoon roxburghii, Phragmites roxburghii, and Arundo roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, and Yemen.