STEM ≥ Thunberg = plant name
TAXONOMY = the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics
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Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) was a Swedish naturalist. He is sometimes called the "Japanese Linnaeus". -- see Wikipedia "Carl Peter Thunberg" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peter_Thunberg
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" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houttuynia_cordata
He published "Flora Japonica" in 1784. -- see digitized copy of text https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11585/?offset=#page=5&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
