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STEM ≥ Thunberg = plant name 

TAXONOMY = the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics

Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) was a Swedish naturalist. He is sometimes called the "Japanese Linnaeus". -- see Wikipedia "Carl Peter Thunberg" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Pet

His name --Thunberg -- is cited in the scientific names of 200+ species of both plants and animals in Japan, including Houttuynia cordata. -- see Wikipedia "Houttuynia cordata" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houttuyn

He published "Flora Japonica" in 1784. -- see digitized copy of text bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/

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