🌵 Author(s) | Alwin Berger |
🌵 Type | Stephanocereus leucostele |
Greek stephanos ‘that which surrounds, crown, wreath’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the ring-shaped (pseudo)cephalium.
🌵 Author(s) | Alwin Berger |
🌵 Type | Stephanocereus leucostele |
Greek stephanos ‘that which surrounds, crown, wreath’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the ring-shaped (pseudo)cephalium.
[Stephanocéreus] 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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Cactoideae → Cereeae → Cereinae |
Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocereinae → Cephalocerei → Eucephalocerei Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
🌵 International Plant Names Index |
🌵 Plants of the World Online |
🌵 Caryophyllales Network |
🌵 Tropicos |
🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
🌵 Wikipedia |
🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Stephanocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Stephanocereus