Trichocereus
(A.Berger) Riccob. (1909)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Vincenzo Riccobono | 🌵 Published in | Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 236 (1909) |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus subgen. Trichocereus (1905) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alwin Berger | 🌵 Basionym published in | Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 73 (1905) |
| 🌵 Type | Trichocereus macrogonus |
Greek thrix (stem trich-) ‘hair’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the “great profusion” of “long and curled or woolly hairs” on the ovary and flower tube (Berger).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 24). Trichocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Trichocereus