Selenicereus
(A.Berger) Britton & Rose (1909)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus subsect. Selenicereus (1905) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alwin Berger |
| 🌵 Type | Selenicereus grandiflorus |
Greek selēnē ‘moon’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the nocturnal flowers. Compare Nyctocereus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Selenicereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Selenicereus