Cactus urumbeba
Vell. (1829)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo | 🌵 Published in | Fl. Flumin. 207 (1829) |
Urumbeba, vernacular name for Tacinga palmadora (and possibly other species) in Brazil. Miscorrected to Cactus urumbella and Opuntia umbrella by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel.
The fanciful etymology given by Crook & Mottram (Bradleya 22: 66. 2004), “Perhaps from the Latin urus, burn, and a variant of umbella, shade, i.e sunshade”, can be safely dismissed.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 May 30). Cactus urumbeba. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cactus-urumbeba