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Spergularia marina

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Spergularia marina. See image source here.

#813 They called me Spergularia marina, also known as Spergularia bofillii, Spergularia dillenii, and Spergularia marina var. simonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bofill (I couldn’t find his records), Dillen (I couldn’t find his records), and Bryan Kenneth Simon, or Eugène Ernest Simon. They first catalogued me in 1822.

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Epilobium hornemannii

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Epilobium hornemannii. See image source here.

#693 They called me Epilobium hornemannii, also known as Epilobium alsineifolium var. hornemannii, and Epilobium schmidtii. I pay homage to the male botanists Jens Wilken Hornemann, and Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt. They first catalogued me in 1838.

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Carex mertensii

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Carex mertensii. See image source here.

#552 They called me Carex mertensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Carl Mertens. They first catalogued me in 1833.