named after Men
#630 They called me Asparagus schoberioides, also known as Asparagus wrightii, and Asparagus sieboldii. I pay homage to the male botanists Philipp Franz von Siebold, or Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold, and Charles Henry Wright, Charles Wright, Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright, John Wright, or William Wright. They first catalogued me in 1850.
#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.
