page_title: David Attenborough
section_title: Species named in Attenborough's honour
hierarchical_section_title: David Attenborough / Species named in Attenborough's honour
caption_attribution_description: English: Sirdavidia solannona, staminate flower.
context_page_description: Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FLS FZS FSA FRSGS is a British naturalist and television personality.
  Attenborough was born in London and grew up in Leicester. He is one of the most famous naturalists in the world. He presents many programs about nature, talking about the lives of animals and has stopped millions of people polluting our oceans. He has won many prestigious award and honorable mentions. In 1980 he won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
  He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.
context_section_description: At least fifteen species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour.
caption: Sirdavidia solannona
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