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Betula ermanii

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Betula ermanii. See image source here.

#754 They called me Betula ermanii, also known as Betula paraermanii, and Betula komarovii. I pay homage to the male botanists Erman (I couldn’t find his records), Paraerman (I couldn’t find his records), and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. They first catalogued me in 1831.

Native to Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin, and Yakutskiya.

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Leptochilus insignis

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Leptochilus insignis. See image source here.

#737 They called me Leptochilus insignis, also known as Microsorum hancockii, and Kaulinia hancockii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Hancock. They first catalogued me in 2008.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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Gentiana jamesii

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Gentiana jamesii. See image source here.

#710 They called me Gentiana jamesii, also known as Ciminalis jamesii, Gentiana kawakamii, Gentianodes jamesii, and Varasia jamesii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edwin P. James, and Kawakam (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1890.

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