Cactaceae
('Cacti') Juss., nom. cons. (1789)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu |
🌵 Type | Mammillaria |
Cactus + –aceae, the suffix denoting a plant family.
Published as the “order” “Cacti”, but correctable to family Cactaceae under artt. 18.1 and 18.4 of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage
William T. Stearn (1983): Botanical Latin, 3rd Edition: 53