| 🌵 Author(s) | Rudolph Amandus Philippi | 🌵 Published in | Anales Univ. Chile 41: 721 (1872) |
| 🌵 Type | Eriosyce sandillon |
Greek erion ‘wool’ + Greek sykē ‘fig’ (cf. Opuntia ficus-indica). For the woolly fruits.
| [Eriosýce] Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage |
| “Botanical Latin is essentially a written language, but the scientific names of plants often occur in speech. How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.” |
| Cactoideae → Notocacteae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Austrocereeae → Austrocactinae → Austroëchinocacti → Pazifischer Zweig Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
| 🌵 International Plant Names Index |
| 🌵 Plants of the World Online |
| 🌵 Caryophyllales Network |
| 🌵 Tropicos |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Eriosyce. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Eriosyce