named after Men
#388 They called me Wedelia calycina, also known as Wedelia jacquinii, Wedelia jacquinii f. andersonii, and Wedelia jacquinii var. andersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Charles Lewis Anderson, Edward Frederick Anderson, Edgar Shannon Anderson, Alexander Anderson, James Anderson, or William Anderson. They first catalogued me in 1807.
#385 They called me Manilkara bidentata, also known as Manilkara balata var. schomburgkii, Mimusops balata var. schomburgkii, Manilkara williamsii, Manilkara balata var. hartii, Mimusops balata var. hartii, Mimusops commersonii, Kaukenia commersonii, and Imbricaria commersonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Henry Chichester Hart, Commerson (I couldn’t find his records), and Benjamin Samuel Williams, Ion James Muirhead Williams, Mark L. Williams, or Samuel Williams. They first catalogued me in 1932.
#379 They called me Heliconia psittacorum, also known as Heliconia andrewsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews, Charles William Andrews, Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews, George W. Andrews, Henry Nathaniel Andrews, Albert LeRoy Andrews, or Henry Cranke Andrews. They first catalogued me in 1782.
