Rapicactus

Rapicactus Buxb. & Oehme ()
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šŸŒµ Type Rapicactus subterraneus
Etymology

Latin rapum ‘turnip’ + Cactus. For the “potato-like tuber”. Not “from the Greek rhapis “a rod”” (Umberto Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names iv: 2272. 2000).

Rapicactus subterraneus. Image credit: Franz Buxbaum

How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Nov 25). Rapicactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Rapicactus