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Epithet: vicentei
Derivation: Probably honors Vicente Cutanda y Jarauta (1804-1866), a Spanish botanist who served as a director of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid and was a professor of Organography and Plant Physiology at this same institution.
Pronunciation: vih-SEN-tee-eye

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.