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Athyrium wardii

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Athyrium wardii. See image source here.

#343 They called me Athyrium wardii, also known as Asplenium wardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henry Baldwin Ward, Harry Marshall Ward, Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, or Lester Frank Ward. They first catalogued me in 1899.

Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., and Sri Lanka.

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Carex pisiformis

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Carex pisiformis. See image source here.

#341 They called me Carex pisiformis, also known as Carex mariesii. I pay homage to the male botanist Charles Maries. They first catalogued me in 1857.

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

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Ranunculus nivalis

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Ranunculus nivalis. See image source here.

#331 They called me Ranunculus nivalis, also known as Ranunculus jacquinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Finland, Greenland, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Québec, Svalbard, Sweden, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, and Yukon.