Many plants also bear his name in the epithet, among which : Gymnosporia forsskaoliana (Sebsebe) Jordaan, Celastraceae. Dracaena forskaliana (Schult. f.) Byng & Christenh., Asparagaceae. Cynanchum forskaolianum (Schult.) Meve & Liede, Apocynaceae. Viola forskaalii Greuter, Violaceae. Centropodia forskaolii (Vahl) Cope, Poaceae. Helichrysum forskahlii (J. F. Gmel.) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt, Asteraceae. Aneilema forskaolii Kunth, Commelinaceae. Ruellia forsskaolii Thulin, Acanthaceae. His name is one of those with most variants, as botanists are free to choose their latinization, and the transcription to the vowel å has varied through time. Variant spellings of his name In subsequent botanical works many different variants of his name were recorded (Forsskål, Forskål, Forskåhl, Forsskåhl, Forsskaal, Forskal, Forsskal, occasionally also Forsskaol). For citing the scientist's name it was recommended not to replace å by a. Family members in these times used three alternative spellings Forsskål, Forskål and Forsskåhl. Modern members of the family seem to prefer Forsskåhl. Peter's father and brother used the spelling Forsskåhl. Peter himself alternatively used Forsskål and Forsskaal, in approximately the same frequency, but the choice depended on the language of a letter's recipient. In one letter to England he once spelled his name Forsskol. Linnæus spelled Peter's name Forskåhl, not in agreement with the student's father. In publications issued during Peter's lifetime the spelling Forsskål was used, including in his dissertation issued in 1756 in Göttingen. In the important work Descriptiones animalium which was published 12 years after his death and which was attributed to him the spelling "Forskål" had been used. In current zoological sources both spellings Forskål and Forsskål are in use, Forskåhl and Forsskåhl are not used. Publications Thoughts on Civil Liberty / Tankar om borgerliga friheten (1759). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Atlantis, 2009. . [Edited and translated by David Goldberg, Gunilla Jonsson, Helena Jäderblom, Gunnar Persson and Thomas von Vegesack, assisted by David Shaw.] (Swedish Wikisource) * * * Resa till lyklige Arabien. 1950. See also :Category:Taxa named by Peter Forsskål References External links Book Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica, by Peter Forskål, year 1775, in Latin. Book Descriptiones animalium ... quæ in itinere orientali, by Peter Forskål, year 1775, in Latin. Book Icones rerum naturalium quas in itinere orientali, by Peter Forskål, year 1776, in Latin. Biography of Forsskål with links to other web sites on him, and includes how he used Arabic names for species names. Peter Forsskål, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Oriental collections - mainly on Forsskål's contributions to the