Meyenia
Backeb., nom. illeg., nom. inval. (1931)
Etymology
šµ Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
šµ Type | Meyenia weberbaueri |
Meyen + 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 German botanist Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (1804- 1840).
This is a later homonym of Meyenia Nees (1832, Acanthaceae).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Meyenia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Meyenia