🌵 Author(s) | William Jackson Hooker |
🌵 Type | Leuchtenbergia principis |
Named for Maximilian, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852), who supported the expedition during which Wilhelm Friedrich von Karwinsky discovered the genus. Not for Maximilian’s father Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg, as Burkhardt (Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. 2022) claims.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Leuchtenbergia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Leuchtenbergia