Epiphyllanthus
A.Berger (1905)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alwin Berger |
| 🌵 Type | Epiphyllanthus obtusangulus |
Epiphyllum (presumably Epiphyllum Pfeiff. = Schlumbergera (truncata), not Epiphyllum Haw. = Epiphyllum as it is now understood) + Greek anthos ‘flower’. For the flowers that “rise from the top of the joints as in Epiphyllum“. Possibly inspired by the name Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus L. for a species in the family Phyllanthaceae. Not directly from Greek epi ‘on’ + Greek phyllon ‘leaf’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’ (Boerner, Taschenwörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 4. Auflage. 1989).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 17). Epiphyllanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Epiphyllanthus