🌵 Author(s) | MartÃn Cárdenas |
🌵 Type | Castellanosia caineana |
Castellanos + Latin -Äa, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a consonant (Rec. 60B.1(b), International Code of Nomenclature). Named for Argentine botanist and explorer Alberto Castellanos (1896-1968).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Castellanosia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Castellanosia