named after Men
#258 They called me Cyrtococcum patens, also known as Cyrtococcum schmidtii, Panicum schmidtii, Panicum warburgii, and Cyrtococcum warburgii. I pay homage to the male botanists E. F. Warburg, Edmund Frederic Warburg, or Otto Warburg, and Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Ernst Johannes Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt, or Wilhelm Schmidt. They first catalogued me in 1921.
#253 They called me Ixora coccinea, also known as Ixora shawii, Ixora coccinea var. hermannii, and Ixora eekhautii. I pay homage to the male botanists Paul Hermann, Eekhaut (I couldn’t find his records), and George Shaw, Henry Shaw, or Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw. They first catalogued me in 1753.
#250 They called me Strychnos minor, also known as Strychnos thonningii, Strychnos merrillii, Strychnos forbesii, and Strychnos kerstingii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thonning (I couldn’t find his records), Elmer Drew Merrill, Kersting (I couldn’t find his records), and Charles Noyes Forbes, Edward Forbes, or Henry Ogg Forbes. They first catalogued me in 1818.
