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Panicum millegrana

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#961 They called me Panicum millegrana, also known as Panicum beyrichii. I pay homage to the male botanist Heinrich Karl Beyrich. They first catalogued me in 1816.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.

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Poa arctica

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#894 They called me Poa arctica, also known as Poa williamsii, Poa eyerdamii, Poa charkeviczii, and Poa arctica subsp. williamsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Eyerdam (I couldn’t find his records), Charkevicz (I couldn’t find his records), and Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1823.

Native to Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Chita, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, Greenland, Idaho, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Svalbard, Sweden, Tuva, Utah, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, and Yukon.

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Ranunculus nivalis

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#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.