https://peru21.pe/ciencia/descubren-la-planta-salvia-messii-en-honor-lionel-messi/ A newly discovered plant species in Peru has been named Salvia messii after Lionel Messi because its flowers are white and light blue. This is the 6th species named after Messi. The others are a lizard, a spider, a brachiopod that lived 20 million years ago, a condor that lived 5 million years ago, and a fungus. Source   submitted by   /u/No-Coyote914 [link]   [comments]