| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Type | Oroya peruviana |
Named for “the village in Peru in which the type species is found”, i.e. La Oroya, Puno (not La Oroya, Yauli, as is sometimes claimed).
| [uh-ROY-uh] |
| [Oróýa] Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage |
| “Botanical Latin is essentially a written language, but the scientific names of plants often occur in speech. How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.” |
| Cactoideae → Cereeae → Trichocereinae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Austrocereeae → Austrocactinae → Austroëchinocacti → Östlicher Zweig Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
| 🌵 International Plant Names Index |
| 🌵 Plants of the World Online |
| 🌵 Caryophyllales Network |
| 🌵 Tropicos |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Oroya. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Oroya