Categories
Plants

Actephila excelsa

This plant's image
Actephila excelsa. See image source here.

#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.

Categories
Plants

Streblus taxoides

This plant's image
Streblus taxoides. See image source here.

#721 They called me Streblus taxoides, also known as Taxotrophis roxburghii, and Phyllochlamys wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1875.

Categories
Plants

Pistia stratiotes

This plant's image
Pistia stratiotes. See image source here.

#718 They called me Pistia stratiotes, also known as Pistia cumingii, and Pistia turpinii. I pay homage to the male botanists Hugh Cuming, and Turpin (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.