Cereus nyctago
A.Berger (1929)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alwin Berger | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen (Berger): 127 (1929) |
Greek nyx (stem nykt-) + Latin –āgō, a suffix used to form plant names. For the nocturnal flowers. Nyctago Juss. = Mirabilis jalapa L., a well-known night-flowering ornamental plant.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cereus nyctago. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cereus-nyctago