Phyllarthus
Neck., nom. inval. (1790)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Noël Martin Joseph de Necker | 🌵 Published in | Elem. Bot. (Necker) 2: 85 (1790) |
| 🌵 Type | not cited |
Greek phyllon ‘leaf’ + Greek arthron ‘joint’ or Latin artus ‘joint’. For the jointed cladodes (flattened stems), thought by Necker to be leaves. Probably a modification of the pre-Linnaean name Phyllanthus, which Necker listed (“Phylanthus”) as a synonym in Elem. Bot. (Necker) 3: 404. 1790. Sometimes corrected to Phyllarthrus or Phyllartus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 28). Phyllarthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Phyllarthus