People-inspired names remain valuable

Alexandre Antonelli^{1

2

3}, Harith Farooq^{4

5

6}, Matheus Colli-Silva⁷, João P M Araújo⁸, André V L Freitas⁹, Elliot M Gardner¹⁰, Olwen Grace¹¹, Shiran Gu^{12

13

14}, Lovanomenjanahary Marline^{12

15}, Mark Nesbitt¹², Tuula Niskanen¹², Jean Michel Onana^{16

17}, Oscar A Pérez-Escobar¹², Charlotte Taylor¹⁸, Sandra Knapp¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK. a.antonelli@kew.org.
² Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. a.antonelli@kew.org.
³ Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. a.antonelli@kew.org.
⁴ Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
⁷ Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁹ Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil.
¹⁰ International Center for Tropical Botany at The Kampong, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
¹¹ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹² Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK.
¹³ South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
¹⁴ University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
¹⁵ Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
¹⁶ National Herbarium of Cameroon, IRAD, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
¹⁷ Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
¹⁸ Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁹ Natural History Museum, London, UK. s.knapp@nhm.ac.uk.

PMID: 37337005
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02108-7

People-inspired names remain valuable

Alexandre Antonelli et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;7(8):1161-1162.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02108-7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK. a.antonelli@kew.org.
² Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. a.antonelli@kew.org.
³ Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. a.antonelli@kew.org.
⁴ Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
⁷ Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁹ Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil.
¹⁰ International Center for Tropical Botany at The Kampong, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
¹¹ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹² Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK.
¹³ South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
¹⁴ University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
¹⁵ Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
¹⁶ National Herbarium of Cameroon, IRAD, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
¹⁷ Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
¹⁸ Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁹ Natural History Museum, London, UK. s.knapp@nhm.ac.uk.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02108-7

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