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Deparia japonica

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Deparia japonica. See image source here.

#667 They called me Deparia japonica, also known as Diplazium thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1977.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Ipomoea aquatica

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Ipomoea aquatica. See image source here.

#664 They called me Ipomoea aquatica, also known as Convolvulus adansonii, Convolvulus clappertonii, Ipomoea clappertonii, and Ipomoea glenieii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michel Adanson, Bain Hugh Clapperton, and Glenie (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1775.

Native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.

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Marrubium vulgare

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Marrubium vulgare. See image source here.

#658 They called me Marrubium vulgare, also known as Marrubium vaillantii. I pay homage to the male botanist Sébastien Vaillant. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, and Yugoslavia.