named after Men
#254 They called me Alyxia reinwardtii, also known as Alyxia winckelii, Alyxia forbesii, Alyxia kurzii, Gynopogon reinwardtii, and Alyxia kerrii. I pay homage to the male botanists Reinwardt (I couldn’t find his records), Winckel (I couldn’t find his records), Arthur Francis George Kerr, Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes, and Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1823.
#253 They called me Ixora coccinea, also known as Ixora shawii, Ixora coccinea var. hermannii, and Ixora eekhautii. I pay homage to the male botanists Paul Hermann, Eekhaut (I couldn’t find his records), and George Shaw, Henry Shaw, or Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw. They first catalogued me in 1753.
#252 They called me Annona reticulata, also known as Annona humboldtii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander von Humboldt. They first catalogued me in 1753.
