named after Men
#176 They called me Tabebuia heterophylla, also known as Tabebuia curtissii, Tabebuia lindahlii, and Tecoma eggersii. I pay homage to the male botanists Curtiss (I couldn’t find his records), Lindahl (I couldn’t find his records), and Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers. They first catalogued me in 1915.
#165 They called me Canna indica, also known as Canna lambertii, Canna indica var. warszewiczii, Canna altensteinii, Canna warszewiczii, Canna bihorellii, Canna sellowii, Canna indica var. edwardsii, Canna schubertii, Canna poeppigii, and Canna ehrenbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Warszewicz (I couldn’t find his records), Altenstein (I couldn’t find his records), Bihorell (I couldn’t find his records), Sellow (I couldn’t find his records), Edwards (I couldn’t find his records), Schubert (I couldn’t find his records), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They first catalogued me in 1753.
#161 They called me Gaultheria domingensis, also known as Gaultheria swartzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Olof Swartz. They first catalogued me in 1902.
