named after Men
#629 They called me Ensete ventricosum, also known as Musa laurentii, Musa holstii, Ensete buchananii, Musa schweinfurthii, Musa buchananii, Ensete holstii, Ensete schweinfurthii, Ensete laurentii, and Ensete ventricosum var. montbeliardii. I pay homage to the male botanists Laurent (I couldn’t find his records), Holst (I couldn’t find his records), Georg August Schweinfurth, Montbeliard (I couldn’t find his records), and John Buchanan, or Alex M. Buchanan. They first catalogued me in 1948.
#628 They called me Zotovia thomsonii, also known as Microlaena thomsonii, Ehrharta thomsonii, and Petriella thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1998.
#627 They called me Selenicereus pteranthus, also known as Cereus vaupelii, Selenicereus boeckmannii, Cereus boeckmannii, Cereus rothii, Selenicereus vaupelii, and Selenicereus rothii. I pay homage to the male botanists Vaupel (I couldn’t find his records), Boeckmann (I couldn’t find his records), and Georg Roth. They first catalogued me in 1909.
