named after Men
#735 They called me Pomatocalpa spicatum, also known as Saccolabium hobsonii, Cleisostoma mannii, and Pomatocalpa mannii. I pay homage to the male botanists Edward Hobson, and Gustav Mann. They first catalogued me in 1829.
#734 They called me Floscopa scandens, also known as Commelina hamiltonii, Floscopa hamiltonii, Commelina schoubertii, Commelina hispida var. gaudichaudii, and Dithyrocarpus rothii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schoubert (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Georg Roth, and William Hamilton, Arthur Andrew Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, or Arthur Hamilton. They first catalogued me in 1790.
#728 They called me Actephila excelsa, also known as Actephila thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1863.
