| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type | Austrocephalocereus purpureus |
Latin auster ‘south’ + Cephalocereus. For the occurrence in South America. Originally a subgenus of Cephalocereus, published together with Cephalocereus subgen. Boreocephalocereus (Latin boreus ‘northern’) for the Mexican species.
| [Austrocephalocéreus] 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.” |
| Cactoideae → Cereeae → Cereinae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocereinae → Cephalocerei → Eucephalocerei Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
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Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Austrocephalocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/austrocephalocereus