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Erythranthe, Erythranthe suksdorfii
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- ... that Suksdorf's monkeyflower (pictured) of the genus Erythranthe was named after the mostly self-taught immigrant botanist Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf? Source: '"This plant was named by Asa Gray in 1886 from a specimen collected in Washington in 1885 by Wilhelm Suksdorf (1850-1932, Gray's respected collector in Washington)." Source: 'Erythranthe suksdorfii "(A. Gray) N.S. Fraga, comb. nov. Mimulus suksdorfii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. (ed. 2) 2(1, Suppl.): 450. 1886)." Source: 'see page 1, para 1 "...largely self-taught plant collector who made an inestimable contribution to the knowledge of western botany. The German-born Suksdorf lived for 56 years on the Columbia River in Washington"
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Created by HalfGig (talk) and Sminthopsis84 (talk). Nominated by HalfGig (talk) at 00:33, 12 February 2017 (UTC).
