named after Men
#144 They called me Haplophyllum buxbaumii, also known as Haplophyllum biebersteinii, and Ruta buxbaumii. I pay homage to the male botanists Franz Buxbaum, and Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein. They first catalogued me in 1831.
#143 They called me Ipomoea batatas, also known as Batatas wallii, Ipomoea purpusii, Ipomoea tiliacea var. smithii, and Ipomoea wallii. I pay homage to the male botanists Purpus (I couldn’t find his records), George Wall, M. A. Wall, or Arnold Wall, 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 1793.
#142 They called me Arisaema serratum, also known as Arisaema serratum fo. thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1832.
