Gymnantha
Y.ItΓ΄ (1957)
Etymology
π΅ Author(s) | Yoshio ItΕ |
π΅ Type | Gymnantha cumingii |
Greek gymnos ‘naked’ + Greek anthos βflowerβ. For the hairless hypanthium.
Until 2000 this name was considered a younger homonym of Gymnanthus Jungh (1840, Magnoliaceae). The replacement name Neogymnantha is now superfluous.
Gymnanthe T.Taylor ex Lehm. (1844) is a moss genus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 16). Gymnantha. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Gymnantha