| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Type | Espostoa lanata |
Named for Italian-born Peruvian botanist and pharmacist Nicolò (Nicolás) E. Esposto (1877-1942), “a very keen botanist who is connected with the Escuela Nacional de Agricultura at Lima, Peru”.
| [es-pos-TOH-uh] |
| [Espóstoa] 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 → Cereeae → Trichocereinae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocereinae → Cephalocerei → Eucephalocerei 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). Espostoa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Espostoa