Cactaceae

Cactaceae ('Cacti') Juss., nom. cons. (1789)

🌵 Author(s)	Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
🌵 Type	Mammillaria

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

[Cactáceae]

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.”

William T. Stearn (1983): Botanical Latin, 3rd Edition: 53

Common name

cactus

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021)

Accepted name

Cactaceae

Plants of the World Online (2020)

Cactaceae

Joël Lodé (2015): Taxonomy of the Cactaceae

Other resources

🌵 International Plant Names Index

🌵 Plants of the World Online

🌵 World Checklist of Vascular Plants

🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library

🌵 Wikipedia

🌵 Wikispecies

How to cite

van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Cactaceae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cactaceae