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Najas marina

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Najas marina. See image source here.

#12 They called me Najas marina, also known as Najas marina var. ohwii, Najas marina var. riedelii, and Najas marina subsp. ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Ohw (I couldn’t find his records), Riedel (I couldn’t find his records), and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.

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Triumfetta rhomboidea

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Triumfetta rhomboidea. See image source here.

#9 They called me Triumfetta rhomboidea, also known as Triumfetta vahlii. I pay homage to the male botanist Martin Vahl. They first catalogued me in 1760.

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Ficus erecta

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Ficus erecta. See image source here.

#1 They called me Ficus erecta, also known as Ficus taquetii, and Ficus sieboldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Taquet (I couldn’t find his records), and Philipp Franz von Siebold, or Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold. They first catalogued me in 1786.