Cactodendron
J.M.Bigelow, nom. inval. (1865)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | John Milton Bigelow |
🌵 Type | Cylindropuntia whipplei |
Cactus + Greek dendron ‘tree’. Name coined to distinguish certain Opuntias with a “shrubby form and woody fibre” from Opuntia arborescens (Latin arborescens ‘tree-like’).
The type species (the only included species) is Opuntia whipplei (= Cylindropuntia whipplei), but the combination Cactodendron whipplei was never published.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cactodendron. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Cactodendron