Celebs Who Inspired Names Of Species

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Leonardo DiCaprio, actor and green crusader, now has a tree named after him

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A tree species will be called Uvariopsis diCaprio to honour his campaign against logging in an endangered forest

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Several creatures have been named after Barack Obama, including a spider (Aptostichus barackobamai)

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The former US president also lends his name to a new species of puffbird (Nystalus obamai)

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Another former US president, George W Bush, inspired the name of a beetle species (Agathidium bushi)

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Indian Nobel winner Kailash Satyarthi too was honoured with a beetle being named after him (Cyphochilus satyarthii)

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A tree frog (Hyloscirtus princecharlesi), discovered in Ecuador, was named after Prince Charles, another environment crusader

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A spider species, Chibchea thunbergae, was named after activist Greta Thunberg for her fight against climate change

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