Lymanbensonia
Kimnach (1984)
Etymology
| šµ Author(s) | Myron Kimnach |
| šµ Type | Lymanbensonia micrantha |
| šµ Replacement of | Acanthorhipsalis |
Lyman Benson + Latin -Äa, 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 American botanist Lyman Benson (1909-1993), Author of The Cacti of the United States and Canada. Bensonia Buckman (1845) is a genus of fossil plants.
This is a replacement name for Acanthorhipsalis Kimnach (in Cact. Succ. J. (US) 55(4): 177-181. 1983), which is a younger homonym of Acanthorhipsalis Britton & Rose.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Lymanbensonia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Lymanbensonia