Tag: Tasmania

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Potamogeton cheesemanii

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Potamogeton cheesemanii. See image source here.

#473 They called me Potamogeton cheesemanii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman. They first catalogued me in 1883.

Native to Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Australia, and Tasmania.

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Plantago triantha

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Plantago triantha. See image source here.

#446 They called me Plantago triantha, also known as Plantago thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Antipodean Is., and Tasmania.

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Leptospermum scoparium

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Leptospermum scoparium. See image source here.

#398 They called me Leptospermum scoparium, also known as Leptospermum scoparium var. nichollsii, Leptospermum nichollsii, and Leptospermum scoparium var. martinii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Henry Nicholls, and William Keble Martin, Bernardin-Antoine Martin, Charles-Édouard Martin, Émile Martin, George Hamilton Martin, George Martin, George Willard Martin, Kenneth J. Martin, William Clarence Martin, Weston Joseph Martin, or William Martin. They first catalogued me in 1776.

Native to Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, and Victoria.