named after Men
#426 They called me Salvia serotina, also known as Salvia blodgettii, Salvia micrantha var. blodgettii, and Salvia fernaldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Blodgett (I couldn’t find his records), and Merritt Lyndon Fernald. They first catalogued me in 1767.
#425 They called me Caryota mitis, also known as Caryota griffithii, and Drymophloeus zippellii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, and Zippell (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1790.
#424 They called me Paspalum laxum, also known as Paspalum richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 1791.
