Friesia
FriΔ, nom. illeg. (1930)
Etymology
| π΅ Author(s) | Alberto VojtΔch FriΔ |
| π΅ Type | Friesia umadeave |
Fries + Latin -Δa, 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 Swedish botanist Robert Elias Fries (1876-1966), who had described (but not validly published) the type species.
This is a younger homonym of Friesia Spreng. (1818, Euphorbiaceae).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Friesia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Friesia