named after Men
#109 They called me Sphaeropteris glauca, also known as Alsophila mertensii, Alsophila smithii, Cyathea smithii, and Hemitelia smithii. I pay homage to the male botanists Franz Carl Mertens, 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 1970.
#102 They called me Planchonella obovata, also known as Sideroxylon merrillii, Planchonella merrillii, and Sideroxylon brownii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1890.
#101 They called me Epipremnum pinnatum, also known as Epipremnum merrillii, Rhaphidophora cunninghamii, Rhaphidophora rosenburghii, Epipremnum robinsonii, Rhaphidophora merrillii, and Rhaphidophora wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Elmer Drew Merrill, Cornelis Rugier Willem Karel van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Charles Budd Robinson, Edward Armitage Robinson, George Leslie Robinson, Harold E. Robinson, or Alastair Robinson. They first catalogued me in 1908.