Caerulocereus
Guiggi (2022)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alessandro Guiggi | 🌵 Published in | Cactology 5(Suppl. 13): 4 (2022) |
| 🌵 Type | Caerulocereus bohlei |
Latin caerŭlus ‘azure’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. Guiggi (Cactology 5(Suppl. 13): 4. 2022): “a compound name from Latin caeruleus [sic] “by the colour of the sky” referred to the glaucous stem, and Latin cereus “candle” for its morphology.” He later corrected the etymology (Cactology 5(Suppl. 14): 6. 2023): “The etymology of Caerulocereus Guiggi is more properly derived from the Latin Caerulus ”blue”, an alternative form of Caeruleus.”
Compare Azureocereus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 May 31). Caerulocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/caerulocereus