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Epithet: auberi
Derivation: Honors Pierre Alexandre (Pedro Alejandro) Auber (1786-1843), a French-born Cuban professor of botany at the University of Havana and the director of its botanical garden.
Pronunciation: oh-BER-ee

While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.