Brasiliopuntia
(K.Schum.) A.Berger (1926)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alwin Berger |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia subgen. Brasiliopuntia (1898) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Karl Schumann |
| 🌵 Type | Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis |
Latin Brasilia ‘Brazil’ + Opuntia. For the occurrence in Brazil and the only included species Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis.
Generic names of this type are discouraged in Recommendation 20A.1(g) of the International Code of Nomenclature (“Authors forming generic names should comply with the following: […] Not use a name similar to or derived from the epithet in the name of one of the species of the genus.”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Brasiliopuntia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/brasiliopuntia