Stenocactus (K.Schum.) A.Berger (1929) 🌵 Author(s) Alwin Berger 🌵 BasionymEchinocactus subgen. Stenocactus (1898) 🌵 Basionym author(s) Karl Schumann 🌵 Type Stenocactus obvallatus Etymology Greek stenos ‘narrow’ + Cactus. Named for Echinocactus sect. Stenogoni Lem. (Greek stenos + Greek gōnia ‘angle, rib’). For the narrow ribs. Echinofossulocactus (Stenocactus) multicostatus. Image credit: Peter A. Mansfeld / CC BY 3.0
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Stenocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Stenocactus