šµ Author(s) | Franz Buxbaum |
šµ Type | Buiningia brevicylindrica |
Buining + Latin -Äa, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a consonant (Rec. 60B.1(b), International Code of Nomenclature). Named for Dutch cactus enthusiast Albert Frederik Hendrik BuiningĀ (1901-1976), “who brought back important material from two Brazilian expeditions and is author of new Brazilian cacti”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Buiningia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/buiningia