Parodia

Parodia Speg. ()
🌵 Author(s)
🌵 Type Parodia microsperma
🌵 Replacement of Hickenia
Etymology

Parodi + Latin -a, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a vowel other than a (Rec. 60B.1(a), International Code of Nomenclature). Named in memory of Domingo Parodi (1823–1890), “one of the first researchers of the Paraguayan flora and who provided the first botanical articles of the then-nascent Argentine Scientific Society”.

This is a replacement name for Hickenia. A second replacement name, Neohickenia, was published in 1928.


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Parodia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Parodia

Pronunciation
[pa-row-DE-a]

A.T. Johnson, H.A. Smith & A.P. Stockdale (2019): Plant Names Simplified, 3rd Edition

[puh-ROH-dee-uh]

Ross Bayton (2019): The Garderner's Botanical

“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.”

William T. Stearn (1983): Botanical Latin, 3rd Edition: 53