🌵 Author(s) | Charles Lemaire |
🌵 Basionym | Mammillaria subgen. Coryphantha (1856) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | George Engelmann |
🌵 Type | Coryphantha sulcata |
Greek koryphē ‘head, top’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’. For the flowers that appear near the top of the plant (in contrast to Mammillaria).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Coryphantha. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Coryphantha