Spegazzinia
Backeb., nom. illeg. (1933)
Etymology
šµ Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
šµ Type | Spegazzinia fidana |
šµ Replaced by | Weingartia |
Spegazzini + 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 for Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858-1926).
This younger homonym of the fungus genus Spegazzinia Sacc. (1886) was replaced by Weingartia.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Spegazzinia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Spegazzinia