Many flowers and plants take their names from names.; One of my favorites is the beautiful woody vine called bougainvillea (BOO-gun-VIL-ee-uh), with its delicate and brilliant flowers, which is named after the French navigator and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), who fought in the United States during the Revolutionary War and discovered the Solomon Islands. - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/examples-of-eponyms#sthash.h4J9Bmcs.dpuf