| 🌵 Author(s) | Franz Buxbaum |
| 🌵 Type | Praecereus smithianus |
Latin prae ‘before’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the assumed primitive character of the genus.
| [Praecéreus] 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.” |
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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage |
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David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
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| 🌵 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). Praecereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Praecereus