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Epithet: boehmeri
Derivation: Honors Louis Boehmer (1843-1896), an ethnic German-American agronomist and government advisor in the Meiji period in Japan who later worked as a successful entrepreneur in Yokohama.
Pronunciation: boh-MEER-ee-uh

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.