#301 They called me Xanthophyllum vitellinum, also known as Xanthophyllum curtisii, and Xanthophyllum griffithii var. curtisii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, and Charles Curtis, Carlton Clarence Curtis, Charles Henry Curtis, William Curtis, or Moses Ashley Curtis. They first catalogued me in 1840.
Month: July 2022
Crataegus pentagyna
#300 They called me Crataegus pentagyna, also known as Crataegus klokovii, and Crataegus petrodavisii. I pay homage to the male botanists Michail Vasiljevich Klokov, and Petrodavis (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1799.
Torenia crustacea
#299 They called me Torenia crustacea, also known as Vandellia brownii, and Lindernia crustacea var. smithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown, and James Edward Smith, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Winifred Smith, Christo Albertyn Smith, Charles Piper Smith, Gerard Edwards Smith, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Henry George Smith, Hamilton Lanphere Smith, Albert Charles Smith, Alan Reid Smith, or William Wright Smith. They first catalogued me in 1827.