Borzicereus

Borzicereus Frič & Kreuz., nom. illeg. (1935)

🌵 Author(s)

Alberto Vojtěch Frič Kurt Kreuzinger

Etymology

Borzì (see Borzicactus) + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. An illegitimate replacement name for Borzicactus, based on the idea that cacti with elongated stems should be called –cereus rather than –cactus.

See also Aporocereus, Bergerocereus, Cleistocereus, Corryocereus, Eccremocereus, Mediocereus, Myrtillocereus, Strophocereus and Zygocereus.