named after Men
#77 They called me Gladiolus wilsonii, also known as Gladiolus permeabilis subsp. wilsonii, Gladiolus frederickii, and Tritonia wilsonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Frederick (I couldn’t find his records), and Edward Elmer Wilson, Ernest Henry Wilson, Hugh Wilson, or William M. Wilson. They first catalogued me in 1998.
#76 They called me Eleocharis acuta, also known as Eleocharis cunninghamii, and Scirpus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1810.
#75 They called me Watsonia zeyheri, also known as Watsonia comptonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Robert Harold Compton. They first catalogued me in 1926.
