Clistanthocereus
Backeb. (1937)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type | Clistanthocereus fieldianus |
Greek kleistos ‘closed’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the flowers, described by Backeberg as cleistogamous.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 13). Clistanthocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/clistanthocereus