named after Men
#753 They called me Hakea sericea, also known as Hakea acicularis var. smithii. I pay homage to the male botanist 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 1797.
#752 They called me Rhynchosia acuminatissima, also known as Rhynchosia versteegii, Rhynchosia cunninghamii, and Dolicholus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Versteeg (I couldn’t find his records), and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1855.
#748 They called me Leptochloa asthenes, also known as Poa sprengelii. I pay homage to the male botanist Kurt Sprengel, Christian Konrad (Conrad) Sprengel, or Anton Sprengel. They first catalogued me in 1941.
